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Bill	PROP TX-HOUSING ABATEMENT	Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning a housing opportunity area tax abatement program, provides that a housing choice voucher includes a tenant voucher converted to a project-based voucher by a housing authority. Provides that a qualified township in a county with 200,000 or more inhabitants, but fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, means a township whose tax capacity exceeds 80% (instead of 100%) of the average tax capacity of the county in which it is located. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2470	Illinois HB 2470 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	48	3	2009-02-19	2009-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/75e6bd1f-fb7c-4504-93b9-5f7c3ca9f984	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2470&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44649&SessionID=76&GA=96	ad3c781be7bf5a73ea81bce6337ef8a30a4f5cd33bdd7d43ddbb3521b505e248	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2470 (96th) — PROP TX-HOUSING ABATEMENT

Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning a housing opportunity area tax abatement program, provides that a housing choice voucher includes a tenant voucher converted to a project-based voucher by a housing authority. Provides that a qualified township in a county with 200,000 or more inhabitants, but fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, means a township whose tax capacity exceeds 80% (instead of 100%) of the average tax capacity of the county in which it is located. 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

• Concurrence — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charles E. Jefferson — primary (person)
• Terry Link — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Winters filing
• 2009-02-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2009-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-23 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-12 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Remains in Revenue & Finance Committee
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Commerce referral-committee
• 2009-04-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2009-04-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez amendment-introduction
• 2009-04-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Commerce
• 2009-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2009-04-30 Do Pass as Amended Commerce; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-14 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-27 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2009-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2009-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Revenue & Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2009-05-28 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2009-05-28 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
• 2009-05-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
• 2009-05-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
• 2009-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Revenue & Finance Committee; 012-000-000
• 2009-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-002
• 2009-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-05-30 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2009-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2009
• 2009-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0685 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75e6bd1f-fb7c-4504-93b9-5f7c3ca9f984. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).