Bill Text: IL HB3336 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall create a payment system to collect fees from any prospective candidate for elected office in a consolidated or general election in the State. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall deposit all moneys collected under the provision into the Election Income Tax Rebate Fund. Provides that, beginning in 2027, the Department of Revenue shall pay an annual rebate to each individual taxpayer who files an Illinois income tax return with the moneys in the Election Income Tax Rebate Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Election Income Tax Rebate Fund.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3336 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3336-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3336 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1A-70 new
30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new
35 ILCS 5/208.7 new
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall create a payment system to collect fees from any prospective candidate for elected office in a consolidated or general election in the State. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall deposit all moneys collected under the provision into the Election Income Tax Rebate Fund. Provides that, beginning in 2027, the Department of Revenue shall pay an annual rebate to each individual taxpayer who files an Illinois income tax return with the moneys in the Election Income Tax Rebate Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Election Income Tax Rebate Fund.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning elections.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
1A-70 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-70 new)
Sec. 1A-70. Election income tax rebate fees.
(a) Beginning on January 1, 2026, the State Board of
Elections shall create a payment system to collect fees from
any prospective candidate for elected office in a consolidated
or general election in this State in the following amounts:
(1) $2,500 pre-filing fee to paid no later than the
first day petitions for nomination may be circulated; and
(2) $2,5000 filing fee to be paid when the candidate
files nomination papers with an election authority.
(b) The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules to
require that all candidates for elected office certify payment
of the fees required under this Section when the candidate
files nominations papers with an election authority. An
election authority shall not accept nomination papers that are
not accompanied by the certification of payment.
(c) The State Board of Elections shall deposit all moneys
collected under this Section into the Election Income Tax

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Rebate Fund.
(d) All fees collected under this Section shall be in
addition to any other fees collected under this Code.
Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.1030 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.1030 new)
Sec. 5.1030. The Election Income Tax Rebate Fund.
Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
adding Section 208.7 as follows:
(35 ILCS 5/208.7 new)
Sec. 208.7. Election income tax Rebate.
(a) The Election Income Tax Rebate Fund is created as a
special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be
used for the purpose of paying rebates under this Section.
(b) Beginning in 2027, the Department shall pay an annual
rebate to each individual taxpayer who files an Illinois
income tax return with the Department on or before the second
Friday in October of the calendar year for which the rebate is
made. Each person who is entitled to a rebate under this
Section shall receive an equal portion of the moneys in the
Election Income Tax Rebate Fund. By August 1 of each calendar
year, the Department shall begin to certify to the

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Comptroller, on a rolling basis, the names of the taxpayers
who are eligible for a rebate under this Section, the amounts
of those rebates, and any other information that the
Comptroller requires to direct the payment of the rebates
provided under this Section to taxpayers.
(c) The amount of a rebate under this Section shall not be
included in the taxpayer's income or resources for the
purposes of determining eligibility or benefit level in any
means-tested benefit program administered by a governmental
entity unless required by federal law.