Illinois House Bill 5759 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to 20%, but in no event to exceed $2,000, of the gross wages paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year to each creditable employee. Provides that a "creditable employee" is an employee who: (1) was employed by the taxpayer for the first time on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act; (2) completed his or her twenty-fourth consecutive month of employment with the taxpayer during the taxable year; (3) received unemployment benefits in this State for at least 2 months immediately prior to being hired by the taxpayer; and (4) was employed at a location in this State for at least 30 hours per week during the entire 24-month period of his or her employment with the taxpayer. Effective immediately.

INC TX-JOB DEVELOPMENT

Rep. Monica Bristow [D]

Rep. Justin Slaughter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-05-16	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
2018-04-13	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-12	House	To Income Tax Subcommittee
2018-03-21	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance 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. Monica Bristow

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
35	5	227	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5759&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB5759.htm