---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TX-BLIGHT REDUCTION"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning tax abatements after acquisition by a governmental unit, provides that the abatement applies to property acquired by a governmental unit under a blight reduction or abandoned property program administered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 1795"
citation: "Illinois SB 1795 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9b1faf2-4a54-4a27-bd7f-d9aaa30aff8c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1795&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=104799&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "d7a679892d9cde570db0028342ca7c868c107151e0d417ba9275c5915d5066ef"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 1795 (100th) — PROP TX-BLIGHT REDUCTION

Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning tax abatements after acquisition by a governmental unit, provides that the abatement applies to property acquired by a governmental unit under a blight reduction or abandoned property program administered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1795&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104799&DocNum=1795&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1795eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104799&DocNum=1795&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1795enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104799&DocNum=1795&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Stadelman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Postponed - Local Government
- **2017-03-17** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
- **2017-03-29** Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 30, 2017
- **2017-04-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
- **2017-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2017-04-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- **2017-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** To Property Tax Subcommittee
- **2017-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
- **2017-05-24** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24** Reported Back To Revenue & Finance Committee;
- **2017-05-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-26** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017
- **2017-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2017
- **2017-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0314 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9b1faf2-4a54-4a27-bd7f-d9aaa30aff8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).