Bill Text: IL HB3790 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the maximum income limitation for the Low-Income Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption shall be (i) $75,000 for taxable year 2026, (ii) $77,000 for taxable year 2027, and (iii) $79,000 for taxable year 2028 and thereafter. Provides that no annual tax sale shall be held on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and before March 10, 2026. Provides that no scavenger sale shall be held on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and before March 10, 2026. Provides that deadlines for applications for judgment and order of sale are tolled until March 10, 2026. Amends the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Act. Makes changes concerning the maximum household income. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2025-10-27 - Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris [HB3790 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3790-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Commemorative Dates Act is amended by
adding Section 57 as follows:
(5 ILCS 490/57 new)
Sec. 57. Lunar New Year. The date corresponding with the
second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third
new moon following the winter solstice should an intercalary
month intervene, is a holiday to be observed throughout the
State and to be known as Lunar New Year. When Lunar New Year
falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday shall be
held and considered the holiday.
Section 20. The School Code is amended by changing Section
24-2 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/24-2)
Sec. 24-2. Holidays.
(a) Teachers shall not be required to teach on Saturdays,
nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section,
shall teachers, educational support personnel employees, or
other school employees, other than noncertificated school

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employees whose presence is necessary because of an emergency
or for the continued operation and maintenance of school
facilities or property, be required to work on legal school
holidays, which are January 1, New Year's Day; the third
Monday in January, the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.; February 12, the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln;
the first Monday in March (to be known as Casimir Pulaski's
birthday); Good Friday; the day designated as Memorial Day by
federal law; June 19, Juneteenth National Freedom Day; July 4,
Independence Day; the first Monday in September, Labor Day;
the second Monday in October, Columbus Day; November 11,
Veterans' Day; the Thursday in November commonly called
Thanksgiving Day; and December 25, Christmas Day. School
boards may grant a special holiday on Lunar New Year, the date
corresponding with the second new moon following the winter
solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice
should an intercalary month intervene. School boards may grant
other special holidays whenever in their judgment such action
is advisable. No deduction shall be made from the time or
compensation of a school employee, including an educational
support personnel employee, on account of any legal or special
holiday in which that employee would have otherwise been
scheduled to work but for the legal or special holiday.
(b) A school board or other entity eligible to apply for
waivers and modifications under Section 2-3.25g of this Code
is authorized to hold school or schedule teachers' institutes,

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parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third
Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.); February 12 (the Birthday of President Abraham Lincoln);
the first Monday in March (known as Casimir Pulaski's
birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and
November 11 (Veterans' Day), provided that:
(1) the person or persons honored by the holiday are
recognized through instructional activities conducted on
that day or, if the day is not used for student attendance,
on the first school day preceding or following that day;
and
(2) the entity that chooses to exercise this authority
first holds a public hearing about the proposal. The
entity shall provide notice preceding the public hearing
to both educators and parents. The notice shall set forth
the time, date, and place of the hearing, describe the
proposal, and indicate that the entity will take testimony
from educators and parents about the proposal.
(c) Commemorative holidays, which recognize specified
patriotic, civic, cultural or historical persons, activities,
or events, are regular school days. Commemorative holidays
are: January 17 (the birthday of Muhammad Ali), January 28 (to
be known as Christa McAuliffe Day and observed as a
commemoration of space exploration), February 15 (the birthday
of Susan B. Anthony), March 29 (Viet Nam War Veterans' Day),
September 11 (September 11th Day of Remembrance), September 17

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(Constitution Day), the school day immediately preceding
Veterans' Day (Korean War Veterans' Day), October 1 (Recycling
Day), October 7 (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Remembrance
Day), December 7 (Pearl Harbor Veterans' Day), and any day so
appointed by the President or Governor. School boards may
establish commemorative holidays whenever in their judgment
such action is advisable. School boards shall include
instruction relative to commemorated persons, activities, or
events on the commemorative holiday or at any other time
during the school year and at any point in the curriculum when
such instruction may be deemed appropriate. The State Board of
Education shall prepare and make available to school boards
instructional materials relative to commemorated persons,
activities, or events which may be used by school boards in
conjunction with any instruction provided pursuant to this
paragraph.
(d) City of Chicago School District 299 shall observe
March 4 of each year as a commemorative holiday. This holiday
shall be known as Mayors' Day which shall be a day to
commemorate and be reminded of the past Chief Executive
Officers of the City of Chicago, and in particular the late
Mayor Richard J. Daley and the late Mayor Harold Washington.
If March 4 falls on a Saturday or Sunday, Mayors' Day shall be
observed on the following Monday.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to
the contrary, November 3, 2020 shall be a State holiday known

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as 2020 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout
the State pursuant to Public Act 101-642. All government
offices, with the exception of election authorities, shall be
closed unless authorized to be used as a location for election
day services or as a polling place.
Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
contrary, November 8, 2022 shall be a State holiday known as
2022 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout the
State under Public Act 102-15.
Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the
contrary, November 5, 2024 shall be a State holiday known as
2024 General Election Day and shall be observed throughout
this State pursuant to Public Act 103-467.
(Source: P.A. 102-14, eff. 1-1-22; 102-15, eff. 6-17-21;
102-334, eff. 8-9-21; 102-411, eff. 1-1-22; 102-813, eff.
5-13-22; 103-15, eff. 7-1-23; 103-395, eff. 1-1-24; 103-467,
eff. 8-4-23; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24.)