Illinois Senate Bill 2053 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-23 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that each qualified teacher is entitled to an income tax credit in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of the tuition costs incurred by that teacher at a public university in the State. Provides that each qualified teacher may take no more than 20% of his or her aggregate credit amount in any taxable year. Provides that the term "qualified teacher" means an individual who (i) graduated from a public university in the State, (ii) is employed as a teacher in this State during the taxable year, and (iii) has been employed as a teacher in the State for at least 5 consecutive years as of the first day of the taxable year. Effective immediately.

INCOME TAX-EDUCATION CREDIT

Sen. Omar Aquino [D]	Sen. John Connor [D]	Sen. Michael Hastings [D]	Sen. Robert Martwick [D]
Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel [D]	Sen. Elgie Sims [D]	Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]	Sen. Celina Villanueva [D]
Sen. Karina Villa [D]	Sen. Christopher Belt [D]	Sen. Laura Fine [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
2021-04-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2021-04-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
2021-04-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
2021-04-22	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
2021-04-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
2021-04-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
2021-04-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
2021-04-21	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
2021-04-21	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
2021-04-16	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-03-24	Senate	To Credits, Deductions, and Exemptions
2021-03-23	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Revenue
2021-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2021-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino
2021-03-16	Senate	Assigned to Revenue
2021-02-26	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-26	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
35	5	232	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2053&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB2053.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB2053sam001.htm