Bill Sponsors: IL SB3497 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
Bill Title: Creates the Illinois Home Buyer Savings Accounts Act. Provides that a first-time and second-chance home buyer may open an account with a financial institution designated in its entirety by the financial institution as a first-time and second-chance home buyer savings account. Provides that the funds in a first-time and second-chance home buyer savings account may be used only to pay a first-time and second-chance home buyer's eligible costs for the purchase of a single-family residence in Illinois. Provides that 2 first-time and second-chance home buyers may jointly own a first-time and second-chance home buyer savings account. Provides that only cash and marketable securities may be contributed to a first-time and second-chance home buyer savings account. Sets forth provisions concerning the responsibilities of an account holder; the responsibilities of financial institutions; deduction of contributions, exclusion of earnings, and limitations; the penalty for withdrawal for purpose other than eligible costs; and the forms the Department of Revenue must adopt.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-11 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio [SB3497 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-11 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio [SB3497 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Sponsors
Name | Type | Sponsorship | District | Financial | Encyclopedia | Biography |
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Senator Cristina Castro [D] | Primary | Sponsored Bills | SD-022 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |
Senator Mike Porfirio [D] | Cosponsor | Sponsored Bills | SD-011 | FollowTheMoney | Ballotpedia | VoteSmart |