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Bill	INC TX-CHILD CARE CREDIT	Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Reinstates, for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2007, the tax credit for start-up costs for providing employee child care. Exempts the credit from the sunset provisions of the Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 1242	Illinois HB 1242 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	61	4	2007-02-09	2007-10-17	openstates	ocd-bill/1d5534ac-ad14-47e4-ad81-bd0ae6beeda8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1242&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=29998&SessionID=51&GA=95	92d3671e259fa17b96ff472fdc28026b6382156aff9dd3f004529a7c982f04ee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1242 (95th) — INC TX-CHILD CARE CREDIT

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Reinstates, for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2007, the tax credit for start-up costs for providing employee child care. Exempts the credit from the sunset 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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion — 111–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Sandy Cole — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sandy Cole filing
• 2007-02-09 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
• 2007-02-09 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2007-02-09 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2007-02-09 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
• 2007-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-20 Assigned to Revenue Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-08 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2007-03-22 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-22 Remains in Revenue Committee
• 2007-03-23 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) March 31, 2007
• 2007-03-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2007-04-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
• 2007-04-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2007-04-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 24, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond
• 2007-04-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2007-05-02 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2007-05-10 Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
• 2007-05-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2007
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-16 Governor Vetoed executive-veto
• 2007-09-19 Placed on Calendar Total Veto October 2, 2007
• 2007-10-02 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Sandy Cole
• 2007-10-03 3/5 Vote Required
• 2007-10-03 Override Governor Veto - House Passed 111-000-000
• 2007-10-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
• 2007-10-10 Placed Calendar Total Veto October 11, 2007
• 2007-10-11 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Michael Bond
• 2007-10-11 3/5 Vote Required
• 2007-10-11 Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 059-000-000
• 2007-10-11 Both Houses Override Total Veto veto-override-passage
• 2007-10-17 Effective Date October 11, 2007
• 2007-10-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0648 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d5534ac-ad14-47e4-ad81-bd0ae6beeda8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).