---
type: "Bill"
title: "INC TAX-WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED"
description: "Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction in an amount equal to any amount awarded to the taxpayer during the taxable year by the Court of Claims for time unjustly served in a State prison. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 3648"
citation: "Illinois SB 3648 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-11"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c759951-2b74-4424-a9b8-9fa48c1d7d53"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3648&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51836&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "2ead02b1b4725d919fe39c2187fcc408267946e8f6dbaac8c60ff47edcea28b3"
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 3648 (96th) — INC TAX-WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction in an amount equal to any amount awarded to the taxpayer during the taxable year by the Court of Claims for time unjustly served in a State prison. 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=09600SB3648&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51836&DocNum=3648&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3648eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51836&DocNum=3648&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3648enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51836&DocNum=3648&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **101–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rickey R. Hendon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rickey R. Hendon `filing`
- **2010-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
- **2010-03-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010
- **2010-03-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2010-03-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2010-03-17** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2010-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Remains in Revenue & Finance Committee
- **2010-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-010-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2010
- **2010-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1214 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c759951-2b74-4424-a9b8-9fa48c1d7d53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).