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| Bill | INCOME TAX-ALS CHECKOFF | Amends the Income Tax Act to create the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund checkoff. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall print on its standard individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund, he or she may do so by stating the amount of the contribution on the return and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the return. Amends the Department of Public Aid Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Public Aid shall make grants from the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund to the Les Turner ALS Foundation for research on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Amends the State Finance Act to create the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 93rd | SB 1044 | Illinois SB 1044 (93rd) |
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enacted | 3 | 73 | 3 | 2003-02-19 | 2003-06-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/beea3d71-8a59-43f3-8d5b-a179af66520b | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1044&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=3934&SessionID=3&GA=93 | ef230f64b9a7ef1e026374ef41b2c68ea43330eac686bd79eabc1bd260800b9b | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 1044 (93rd) — INCOME TAX-ALS CHECKOFF
Amends the Income Tax Act to create the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund checkoff. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall print on its standard individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund, he or she may do so by stating the amount of the contribution on the return and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the return. Amends the Department of Public Aid Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Public Aid shall make grants from the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund to the Les Turner ALS Foundation for research on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Amends the State Finance Act to create the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — 58–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 50–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ed Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — primary (person)
- JoAnn D. Osmond — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Fritchey — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
- Karen May — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen A. Ryg — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin A. McCarthy — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Lovana Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Reid Lindner — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
- Robert W. Churchill — cosponsor (person)
- Sidney H. Mathias — cosponsor (person)
- Susana Mendoza — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Cross — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2003-02-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
filing - 2003-02-19 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-02-19 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-02-26 Assigned to Revenue
referral-committee - 2003-03-06 Do Pass Revenue; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2003
- 2003-03-10 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- 2003-03-12 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- 2003-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- 2003-03-13 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- 2003-03-13 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- 2003-03-17 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- 2003-03-17 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- 2003-03-18 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch
- 2003-03-18 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
- 2003-03-19 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- 2003-03-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
amendment-introduction - 2003-03-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-03-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
- 2003-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue
- 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Revenue; 009-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2003-03-25 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Schoenberg
amendment-passage - 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
- 2003-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 050-001-006
reading-3, passage - 2003-03-26 Arrived in House
introduction - 2003-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-03-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- 2003-03-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- 2003-03-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- 2003-03-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- 2003-03-27 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-03-27 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-03-31 Assigned to Revenue Committee
referral-committee - 2003-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
- 2003-04-02 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
- 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- 2003-04-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- 2003-04-09 Fiscal Note Filed
- 2003-04-09 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- 2003-04-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Verschoore
- 2003-04-15 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- 2003-04-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Churchill
- 2003-04-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
- 2003-04-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- 2003-04-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- 2003-05-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue Committee
amendment-introduction - 2003-05-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote; Revenue Sub-committee
amendment-passage - 2003-05-01 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-05-08 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza
- 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- 2003-05-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- 2003-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2003-05-15 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- 2003-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 16, 2003
- 2003-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
filing - 2003-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Revenue
referral-committee - 2003-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Revenue; 008-000-000
- 2003-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- 2003-05-30 Passed Both Houses
- 2003-06-19 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2003-06-24 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2003-06-24 Effective Date June 24, 2003
- 2003-06-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0036
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/beea3d71-8a59-43f3-8d5b-a179af66520b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).