---
type: "Bill"
title: "ROTA-PAST DUE RETURNS"
description: "Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue may deny a certificate of registration to an applicant or refuse to issue, reissue, or renew a certificate of registration, permit, or license authorized to be issued by the Department of Revenue if certain owners, partners, officers, managers, or members of the applicant fail to file a return, on or before the due date prescribed for filing that return, that the person is required to file under any tax or fee Act administered by the Department of Revenue."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2579"
citation: "Illinois HB 2579 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald P. DeWitte", "Joe C. Sosnowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87b0349c-6fa4-42ff-95ad-819216ee91c2"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2579&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147687&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "03e684bbf517045589a9c5a7336690c46d5b26c5709acbb0bf7d23d380693416"
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 2579 (103rd) — ROTA-PAST DUE RETURNS

Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue may deny a certificate of registration to an applicant or refuse to issue, reissue, or renew a certificate of registration, permit, or license authorized to be issued by the Department of Revenue if certain owners, partners, officers, managers, or members of the applicant fail to file a return, on or before the due date prescribed for filing that return, that the person is required to file under any tax or fee Act administered by the Department of Revenue.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2579.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2579eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2579enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Revenue — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Revenue & Finance — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald P. DeWitte — primary (person)
- Joe C. Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski `filing`
- **2023-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** To Revenue - Sales, Amusement and Other Taxes Subcommittee
- **2023-03-10** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023
- **2023-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 019-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
- **2023-05-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-05-09** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-10** Waive Posting Notice
- **2023-05-10** Do Pass Revenue; 006-000-000
- **2023-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
- **2023-05-12** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0319 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87b0349c-6fa4-42ff-95ad-819216ee91c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).