---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CD-HOME RULE PARKING TAX"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Counties Code. Provides that home rule municipalities with a population of more than 3,000,000 and home rule counties are not prohibited from imposing a tax on the use of a parking facility. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 5547"
citation: "Illinois HB 5547 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 60
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-14"
last_action: "2013-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a723822-76d2-4349-8624-d0d78d7ceade"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5547&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=66002&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "1e0b8b678e67440fa61230d47aa655c417d82127b3e749cea94c71bee9b697e6"
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 5547 (97th) — MUNI CD-HOME RULE PARKING TAX

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Counties Code. Provides that home rule municipalities with a population of more than 3,000,000 and home rule counties are not prohibited from imposing a tax on the use of a parking facility. 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=09700HB5547&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=66002&DocNum=5547&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5547eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=66002&DocNum=5547&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB5547enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=66002&DocNum=5547&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Amendments, Amendment 1 — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **52–61** (fail) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **64–46** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **62–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski `filing`
- **2012-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
- **2012-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 013-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-27** Third Reading - Consideration Postponed `reading-3`
- **2012-03-27** Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
- **2012-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-051-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2012 `reading-1`
- **2012-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2012-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Postponed - Executive
- **2012-04-26** Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2012
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-05-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2012-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive
- **2012-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 013-000-000
- **2012-05-24** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Hutchinson `amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2012-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2012-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2012-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2012-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Lost 052-061-002
- **2012-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michael J. Zalewski; Motion #2
- **2012-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee; Motion #2 `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-27** Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-11-09** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 003-002-000
- **2012-11-14** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2012-11-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Non-Concur Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2012-11-28** House Non-Concurs 064-046-002
- **2012-11-28** Secretary's Desk - Non-Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2012-11-28** Placed on Calendar Order of Non-Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 - November 29, 2012
- **2012-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Recede Filed with Secretary Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson `filing`
- **2012-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Recede Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-11-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2012-12-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Recede Be Approved for Consideration Assignments;
- **2013-01-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Recedes 051-000-000
- **2013-01-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-01-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-08** Effective Date March 8, 2013
- **2013-03-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1169 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a723822-76d2-4349-8624-d0d78d7ceade`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).