republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-4976.md

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Bill	USE & OCC TAX-SHARING INFO	Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. In a provision stating that all information received by the Department of Revenue from returns filed under the Act, or from any investigation conducted under the Act, shall be confidential, except for official purposes, includes as an official purpose the furnishing of financial information to a non-home rule unit that has imposed a tax similar to that imposed by this Act pursuant to the successful passage of a public referendum by a majority of the registered voters of the community if (i) the chief executive of the unit requests the information and (ii) the non-home rule unit with referendum approval agrees in writing to the requirements of the confidentiality provisions of the Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 4976	Illinois HB 4976 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2004-02-05	2004-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/3153c032-8644-49fd-8e32-abe573307887	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4976&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9723&SessionID=3&GA=93	d0ae31d2461880f45e09b6b138674f70731e7ff6c55cbabcb8d1611e143bd5df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4976 (93rd) — USE & OCC TAX-SHARING INFO

Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. In a provision stating that all information received by the Department of Revenue from returns filed under the Act, or from any investigation conducted under the Act, shall be confidential, except for official purposes, includes as an official purpose the furnishing of financial information to a non-home rule unit that has imposed a tax similar to that imposed by this Act pursuant to the successful passage of a public referendum by a majority of the registered voters of the community if (i) the chief executive of the unit requests the information and (ii) the non-home rule unit with referendum approval agrees in writing to the requirements of the confidentiality provisions of the Act. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bob Biggins — primary (person)
• Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bob Biggins filing
• 2004-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-18 Assigned to Revenue Committee referral-committee
• 2004-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2004 reading-1
• 2004-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2004-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-21 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2004-04-29 Do Pass Revenue; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2004
• 2004-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2004
• 2004-05-13 Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, extended to January 11, 2005. reading-3
• 2004-05-20 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-05-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2004-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2004
• 2004-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0939 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3153c032-8644-49fd-8e32-abe573307887. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).