Bill Text: IL SR0027 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Opposes a progressive income tax in Illinois. Opposes the reconsideration by the Illinois General Assembly of any constitutional amendment intended to change the flat-rate income tax language of subsection (a) of Section 3 of Article IX of the Constitution of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 19-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-25 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis [SR0027 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0027-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | prescribes a flat, or non-graduated, income tax system be | ||||||
| 4 | utilized; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, In 2020, the General Assembly put the progressive | ||||||
| 6 | income tax amendment on the 2020 ballot, which would have | ||||||
| 7 | altered our Constitution and permitted graduated income tax | ||||||
| 8 | rates and tax increases on all Illinoisans; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The progressive income tax amendment was roundly | ||||||
| 10 | rejected by Illinoisans in the 2020 election; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Current inflation levels, rising costs, and | ||||||
| 12 | recession fears are already wreaking havoc on household | ||||||
| 13 | budgets of Illinoisans across the state; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Illinoisans already have one of the highest total | ||||||
| 15 | tax burdens in the country; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is currently collecting | ||||||
| 17 | record sums of revenue; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Since rejecting the progressive income tax | ||||||
| 19 | amendment in 2020, five states have transitioned away from a | ||||||
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| 1 | progressive income tax to a flat, non-graduated income tax; | ||||||
| 2 | and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, In addition to imposing a tax increase through a | ||||||
| 4 | progressive income tax upon over-taxed Illinoisans, this tax | ||||||
| 5 | increase would deprive the state of one of the few competitive | ||||||
| 6 | advantages Illinois has to retain and attract businesses; | ||||||
| 7 | therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we trust the decision | ||||||
| 10 | Illinoisans made in 2020 when they rejected the path to future | ||||||
| 11 | tax increases by rejecting and prohibiting the progressive | ||||||
| 12 | income tax amendment from becoming enacted; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Senate rejects all efforts to | ||||||
| 14 | raise taxes on Illinoisans by further attempts to change the | ||||||
| 15 | state’s Constitution and transition away from the flat tax to | ||||||
| 16 | a progressive income tax; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this Resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | delivered to all Illinois Constitutional Officers, the | ||||||
| 19 | President and Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate, and the | ||||||
| 20 | Speaker and Minority Leader of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 21 | Representatives.
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