---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TX-COMMON AREA"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the chief county assessment officer in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants may require an application to be made to establish or reestablish that a parcel is entitled to common area assessment of $1. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1225"
citation: "Illinois SB 1225 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald P. DeWitte", "Jenn Ladisch Douglass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f65f1f12-acc5-43ec-8711-f77c951774fd"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1225&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=145414&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "db3357777a69d4d7d1ccfb28c656e9773936164c2373266b7c2ccbc8d0a0b0d8"
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 1225 (103rd) — PROP TX-COMMON AREA

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the chief county assessment officer in a county with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants may require an application to be made to establish or reestablish that a parcel is entitled to common area assessment of $1. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1225.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1225eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1225enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Revenue — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Revenue & Finance — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald P. DeWitte — primary (person)
- Jenn Ladisch Douglass — primary (person)
- Abdelnasser Rashid — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley Fritts — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Tipsword, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
- Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Hoan Huynh — cosponsor (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Lance Yednock — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus C. Evans and Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Croke — cosponsor (person)
- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
- Mary E. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Coffey, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Rita — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Weaver — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte `filing`
- **2023-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Do Pass Revenue; 010-000-000
- **2023-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2023
- **2023-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 24, 2023
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr.
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
- **2023-04-20** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2023-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2023-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2023-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2023-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
- **2023-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2023-04-25** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
- **2023-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 019-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2023-04-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2023-05-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2023
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0083 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f65f1f12-acc5-43ec-8711-f77c951774fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).