Illinois House Bill 2539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Childhood Cancer Research Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of Public Health to make grants to public or private not-for-profit entities for the purpose of conducting childhood cancer research. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall print, on its standard individual income tax form, a provision indicating that, if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Childhood Cancer Research Fund, then he or she may do so by stating the amount of the contribution on the return and indicating that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment. Effective immediately.

CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH

Rep. Cynthia Soto [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2013-03-22	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2013-03-04	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
2013-02-21	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2013-02-21	House	First Reading
2013-02-20	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	105	5.826	New Code	See Bill Text
30	105	6z-98	New Code	See Bill Text
35	5	507DDD	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2539&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB2539.htm