Illinois House Bill 5577 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that for sales or transfers of business occurring on or after March 1, 2017, the purchaser or transferee is not personally liable for the contributions, interest, and penalties owed to the Department of Employment Security if upon petition to the Director of Employment Security within 2 years after the sale or transfer or notice of the amount due, whichever is later, the purchaser or transferee proves: (1) the purchaser or transferee lacked knowledge of the contributions, interest, and penalties owing to the Department of Employment Security at the time of the sale or transfer; or (2) pursuant to any sale or transfer agreement, the seller or transferor agreed to be liable for outstanding contributions, interest, and penalties owed to the Department of Employment Security. Effective immediately.

UNEMPL INS-PURCHASER LIABILITY

Rep. Jay Hoffman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-04-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-25	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-25	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-11	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2018-04-10	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 029-000-000
2018-03-05	House	Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
2018-02-16	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-02-16	House	First Reading
2018-02-16	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
820	405	2600	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5577&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5577.htm