---
type: "Bill"
title: "REVENUE-TECH"
description: "Amends the Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an amnesty program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "Illinois SB 543 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-06"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a6597a5-7e10-4771-8f4f-2a8430cbe086"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=543&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=41409&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "e49f83cbe21878f95456fe83e3a384bde400086b5a4e4254a658e154ef714017"
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 543 (96th) — REVENUE-TECH

Amends the Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an amnesty program.

## 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=09600SB0543&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=41409&DocNum=543&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0543eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=41409&DocNum=543&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0543enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=41409&DocNum=543&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. J. Wilhelmi — primary (person)
- Joseph M. Lyons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2009-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-05** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-03-25** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2009-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
- **2009-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Revenue
- **2009-03-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2009-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Revenue; 006-000-000
- **2009-04-02** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Wilhelmi `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `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. Kevin Joyce
- **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`
- **2009-04-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **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
- **2009-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2009-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-19** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
- **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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0480 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a6597a5-7e10-4771-8f4f-2a8430cbe086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).