---
type: "Bill"
title: "EDGE CREDIT- EMPLOYEE"
description: "Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Act does not prohibit a tax credit award to an applicant that uses full-time employees from an employee-leasing company. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 499"
citation: "Illinois SB 499 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c5ab789-3f99-40d5-bfec-77d90bcf97b2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=499&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28253&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "a0d484e8a80385bdde190af4b38508c00586c99a775ff5cf2542307669fd2e4b"
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 499 (95th) — EDGE CREDIT- EMPLOYEE

Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Act does not prohibit a tax credit award to an applicant that uses full-time employees from an employee-leasing company. 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=09500SB0499&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28253&DocNum=499&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0499eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28253&DocNum=499&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0499enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28253&DocNum=499&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Commerce and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-02** Postponed - Commerce and Economic Development
- **2007-03-08** Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2007
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2007
- **2007-03-15** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2007-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-17** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Correctional Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Judicial Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** Pension Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-17** State Debt Impact Note Requested by Rep. Mike Boland
- **2007-05-18** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Judicial Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** State Debt Impact Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- **2007-05-18** Pension Note Filed
- **2007-05-21** Home Rule Note Filed
- **2007-05-23** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-25** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-25** Balanced Budget Note Filed
- **2007-05-25** Correctional Note Filed
- **2007-05-25** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2007-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2007
- **2007-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0375 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c5ab789-3f99-40d5-bfec-77d90bcf97b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).