Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the education expense credit to 50% (instead of 25%) of qualified education expenses and increases the family limit to $1,000 (instead of $500). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-24 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell [HB0643 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Angelo Saviano [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-077	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sandy Cole [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-062	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marlow Colvin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Louis Lang [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-016	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lisa Dugan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-079	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kevin McCarthy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-037	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph Lyons [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative JoAnn Osmond [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jil Tracy [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Brosnahan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Edward Acevedo [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Deborah Mell [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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