---
type: "Bill"
title: "DISASTER TAX CREDIT-REPORTS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits the disclosure of information by officials of a county or municipality involving reports of damaged property or the owners of damaged property if that disclosure is made to a township or county assessment official in connection with the natural disaster credit. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Repeals a Section providing that nothing in the Act prohibits the disclosure of information by officials of a county or municipality involving reports of damaged property or the owners of damaged property if that disclosure is made to a township or county assessment official in connection with the natural disaster income tax credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 3212"
citation: "Illinois SB 3212 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8101ac5c-747b-4f7a-8f5c-99c74be8d775"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3212&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=110907&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "43d3920b3a4ca37994e5ce7022c85a418219886b3305a63e7ee6089fd2239466"
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 3212 (100th) — DISASTER TAX CREDIT-REPORTS

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits the disclosure of information by officials of a county or municipality involving reports of damaged property or the owners of damaged property if that disclosure is made to a township or county assessment official in connection with the natural disaster credit. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Repeals a Section providing that nothing in the Act prohibits the disclosure of information by officials of a county or municipality involving reports of damaged property or the owners of damaged property if that disclosure is made to a township or county assessment official in connection with the natural disaster income tax credit.

## 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=10000SB3212&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110907&DocNum=3212&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3212eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110907&DocNum=3212&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3212enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110907&DocNum=3212&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melinda Bush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Do Pass Revenue; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 17, 2018
- **2018-04-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2018
- **2018-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 045-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2018-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-25** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2018
- **2018-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2018-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-03** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0731 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8101ac5c-747b-4f7a-8f5c-99c74be8d775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).