republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-609.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PTAB-PENDING MATTERS"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if an appeal concerning the assessed valuation of property has been pending before the Property Tax Appeal Board for 2 or more years prior to January 1 of the current assessment year and is still pending as of June 1 of the current assessment year, then the assessed valuation of the property shall be the lesser of: (1) the highest equalized assessed valuation for that property for any assessment year at issue before the Property Tax Appeal Board; or (2) the assessed valuation for that property for the current assessment year as calculated under the Code. Provides that the appellant must meet certain other requirements for that alternate valuation. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 609"
citation: "Illinois SB 609 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a75d029d-634c-4083-bb1c-64bdc812b151"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=609&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=100624&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "dc08f9e54170fc6c8c4b3e6223b2f46776719126c9ba039db87ea89432d30fee"
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 609 (100th) — PTAB-PENDING MATTERS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if an appeal concerning the assessed valuation of property has been pending before the Property Tax Appeal Board for 2 or more years prior to January 1 of the current assessment year and is still pending as of June 1 of the current assessment year, then the assessed valuation of the property shall be the lesser of: (1) the highest equalized assessed valuation for that property for any assessment year at issue before the Property Tax Appeal Board; or (2) the assessed valuation for that property for the current assessment year as calculated under the Code. Provides that the appellant must meet certain other requirements for that alternate valuation. 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=10000SB0609&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=100624&DocNum=609&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB0609eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=100624&DocNum=609&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB0609enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=100624&DocNum=609&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie A. Morrison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `filing`
- **2017-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2017-02-01** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2017-02-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2017-02-22** Postponed - Revenue
- **2017-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Julie A. Morrison `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Postponed - Revenue
- **2017-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Revenue
- **2017-03-09** Postponed - Revenue
- **2017-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Revenue
- **2017-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Do Pass as Amended Revenue; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 28, 2017
- **2017-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 4, 2017
- **2017-04-06** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2017-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2017-04-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
- **2017-05-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 010-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2017
- **2017-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0216 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a75d029d-634c-4083-bb1c-64bdc812b151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).