Gov. Pritzker Signs Bills into Law
December 20, 2024
CHICAGO- Today, Governor JB Pritzker signed the following bills into law:
Bill Number: SB0688
Description: Clarifies the service fee collection process for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
Action: Signed
Effective: January 1, 2025
Bill Number: SB2703
Description: Extends the estimated dates of completion of redevelopment projects located in tax increment financing districts and retirement of obligations issued for various municipal ordinances.
Action: Signed
Effective: December 31, 2024
Bill Number: SB3410
Description: Extends various reporting deadlines and task forces expiration dates, and amends the Unemployment Insurance Act to amend effective date of changes to benefits and remove contingent provisions.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB0222
Description: Makes changes to the civil law to establish that no contributory fault can be attributed to a plaintiff for personal injury actions based on childhood sexual abuse.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB0814
Description: Requires that a current survey of day care facilities conducted by the Department of Human Services be updated every four years and include stakeholder feedback in the survey update process.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB4636
Description: Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to clarify eligibility for tax credits for wages paid to returning citizens, amends the Live Theater Production Tax Credit Act to insert correct cap and exemption for credit, amends the DCEO Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act to make definitions and requirements consistent, makes technical changes to the Use Tax Act with respect to trailer leases, makes technical change to the Tobacco Products Tax Act with respect to license validity, amends the Retailers’ Occupation Tax Act with respect to prepaid telephone calling arrangements, changes deadline to report an ordinance or resolution imposing a tax to the Department of Revenue to April 1st (previously May 1st), and provides that a non-home rule municipality may use the proceeds of the municipal retailers' occupation tax or the municipal service occupation tax for municipal operations in addition to or in lieu of any expenditure on public infrastructure or for property tax relief.
Action: Signed
Effective: Immediately
Bill Number: HB5172
Description: Codifies the right to language access services throughout the administrative hearing process.
Action: Signed
Effective: July 1, 2025
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