---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOUSING OPP AREA-SUNSET EXT"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the housing opportunity abatement program applies to tax years 2004 through 2024 (now 2014). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3147"
citation: "Illinois SB 3147 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91f33c91-8e8f-427d-a7b6-ce9a8bd6bdc1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3147&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80135&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "1fb493e677a891d650ad43b212dbe5c8dd125e21d6d5fdb16bf8b2f911ef9081"
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 3147 (98th) — HOUSING OPP AREA-SUNSET EXT

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the housing opportunity abatement program applies to tax years 2004 through 2024 (now 2014). 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=09800SB3147&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80135&DocNum=3147&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3147eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80135&DocNum=3147&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3147enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80135&DocNum=3147&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2014-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** Postponed - Revenue
- **2014-03-06** Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2014
- **2014-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2014
- **2014-03-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2014-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2014-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2014-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-24** To Property Tax Subcommittee
- **2014-05-14** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Remains in Revenue & Finance Committee
- **2014-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2014
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0957 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91f33c91-8e8f-427d-a7b6-ce9a8bd6bdc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).