---
type: "Bill"
title: "INC TX-HEARTSAVER CHECKOFF"
description: "Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to create a tax checkoff for the Heartsaver AED Fund. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 542"
citation: "Illinois HB 542 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-27"
last_action: "2006-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/494a5f06-b3c9-4224-8049-6a693ceeb37c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=542&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14936&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "be20649bdf0011c1ebc0918e981308afff8765f0a7ccacb4399327b1ab3b5641"
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 HB 542 (94th) — INC TX-HEARTSAVER CHECKOFF

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to create a tax checkoff for the Heartsaver AED Fund. 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=09400HB0542&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14936&DocNum=542&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0542eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14936&DocNum=542&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0542enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14936&DocNum=542&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Boland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-01-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel J. Burke `filing`
- **2005-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-02** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-02-09** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-02-18** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-03-10** Recommends Be Adopted Sub-committee/ Revenue Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-10** Remains in Revenue Committee
- **2005-03-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-08** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-14** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mike Boland
- **2005-04-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2005-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2005-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2005-04-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 19, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Do Pass Revenue; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2006
- **2006-03-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2006-03-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2006
- **2006-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2006-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-19** Effective Date June 19, 2006
- **2006-06-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0876 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/494a5f06-b3c9-4224-8049-6a693ceeb37c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).