---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TX-INSTALLMENTS"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning property tax installments in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, provides that, beginning with taxes payable in 2010, the first installment shall be computed at 55% (instead of 50%) of the total of each tax bill for the preceding year. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2125"
citation: "Illinois SB 2125 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-20"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd798c53-f307-4478-9918-b965b4ba2ba1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2125&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=45049&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "67939563620c1ffda1836212067ca658749c33d257a463788e9a68972149f04f"
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 2125 (96th) — PROP TX-INSTALLMENTS

Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning property tax installments in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, provides that, beginning with taxes payable in 2010, the first installment shall be computed at 55% (instead of 50%) of the total of each tax bill for the preceding year. 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=09600SB2125&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=45049&DocNum=2125&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2125eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=45049&DocNum=2125&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2125enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=45049&DocNum=2125&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–8** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **67–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Louis S. Viverito — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Louis S. Viverito `filing`
- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Held in Revenue
- **2009-03-13** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 3, 2009
- **2009-03-25** Do Pass Revenue; 006-003-001 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 26, 2009
- **2009-03-31** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2009
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 048-008-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2009-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-046-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2009-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0490 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd798c53-f307-4478-9918-b965b4ba2ba1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).