Illinois House Bill 2667 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Act. Imposes a tax on distributors of bottled sugar-sweetened beverages, syrups, or powders 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. Requires those distributors to obtain permits. Provides that 2% of the moneys shall be deposited into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund for the administrative costs of the Department of Revenue, and 98% of the moneys shall be deposited into the Illinois Wellness Fund to be used for wellness programs and for expanded obesity prevention and treatment services for Medicaid beneficiaries. Creates an Advisory Council to govern the distribution of Illinois Wellness Fund moneys. Effective July 1, 2015.

HEAL ACT-BEVERAGES

Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]	Rep. Esther Golar [D]	Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Rep. Linda LaVia [D]
Rep. Ann Williams [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]	Rep. William Davis [D]
Rep. Arthur Turner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
2015-04-22	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
2015-04-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2015-04-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
2015-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2015-03-18	House	Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2015-03-18	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2015-03-06	House	To Sales and Other Taxes Subcommittee
2015-03-02	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
2015-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
2015-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2015-02-26	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
2015-02-26	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
2015-02-19	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2015-02-19	House	First Reading
2015-02-19	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	105	5.866	New Code	See Bill Text
35	1010	1-45	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2667&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB2667.htm