---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIGARETTE TAX-INCREASE"
description: "CIGARETTE TAX-INCREASE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 539"
citation: "Illinois HB 539 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-01T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-06-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4266551-4293-4016-b332-dad984abb3b8"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "1b876c5104330acff79a8cbc7fd1f2997d3df56a3feb2a20dd528872e37fb7b4"
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 539 (92nd) — CIGARETTE TAX-INCREASE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB0539LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CURRIE — cosponsor (person)
- FEIGENHOLTZ — cosponsor (person)
- HAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,MJ — cosponsor (person)
- RAUSCHENBERGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-REVENUE H
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED SUB `passage`
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HREV
- **2001-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **2001-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO MADIGAN,MJ
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 091-021-003 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-17
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR RAUSCHENBERGER
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDG. DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 2-10(E) 05-31-02
- **2002-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** RE-REFERRED TO COMMITTEE RULES
- **2002-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL SRUL
- **2002-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-05-28
- **2002-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-05-29
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PHILIP
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PHILIP
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SEXC
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PHILIP
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SEXC/008-000-005
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PHILIP
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** VERIFIED
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 030-006-022 `reading-3`
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** FINAL PASSAGE DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 05/31/02
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/MADIGAN,MJ
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** FINAL PASSAGE DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B) TO 06/30/02
- **2002-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2002-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR/SENATE AMENDMENT NO.(S) 01
- **2002-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-001-000
- **2002-06-01T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2002-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CURRIE
- **2002-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ
- **2002-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HAMOS
- **2002-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** 3/5 VOTE REQUIRED
- **2002-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/082-033-002
- **2002-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-06-06
- **2002-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0536

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4266551-4293-4016-b332-dad984abb3b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).