Illinois Senate Bill 3524 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Creates the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Syrups, and Powder Tax Law. Imposes a tax on distributors of bottled sugar-sweetened beverages, syrups, or powders. Provides that the tax is imposed at the rate of $0.01 per ounce of bottled sugar-sweetened beverages sold or offered for sale to a retailer for sale in the State to a consumer. Provides that the distributor shall add the amount of the tax to the price of sugar-sweetened beverages sold to a retailer, and the retailer shall pass the amount of the tax through to the consumer. Requires those distributors to obtain permits. Contains provisions concerning the distribution of the proceeds. Effective January 1, 2015.

SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX

Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]	Sen. Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sen. Martin Sandoval [D]	Sen. Heather Steans [D]
Sen. Donne Trotter [D]	Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]	Sen. Ira Silverstein [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2014-03-28	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2014-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2014-03-26	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Public Health
2014-03-26	Senate	Postponed - Public Health
2014-03-20	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Public Health
2014-03-20	Senate	Postponed - Public Health
2014-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
2014-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2014-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter
2014-03-05	Senate	Assigned to Public Health
2014-03-04	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
2014-02-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2014-02-21	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
2014-02-20	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
2014-02-20	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
2014-02-20	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
2014-02-14	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2014-02-14	Senate	First Reading
2014-02-14	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3524&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB3524.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/SB/09800SB3524sam001.htm