---
type: "Bill"
title: "INC TX-HUNGER RELIEF FUND"
description: "Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax checkoff for contributions to the Hunger Relief Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 2868"
citation: "Illinois SB 2868 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa3c65b8-00ee-4083-a73e-2612d1589a5f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2868&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=110066&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "e66a0fed3fff99282285aa7ffae889e06aa90d9dd2ab01fab666babaf8c9b820"
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 2868 (100th) — INC TX-HUNGER RELIEF FUND

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax checkoff for contributions to the Hunger Relief Fund.

## 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=10000SB2868&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110066&DocNum=2868&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2868eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110066&DocNum=2868&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2868enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110066&DocNum=2868&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)
- Juliana Stratton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2018-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Do Pass Revenue; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2018
- **2018-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2018
- **2018-04-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2018-04-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
- **2018-04-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2018-04-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2018-04-26** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading - Passed; 048-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2018-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-07** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2018-05-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2018-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
- **2018-05-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2018-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-18** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2018-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-05-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2018-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-21** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1014 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa3c65b8-00ee-4083-a73e-2612d1589a5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).