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Bill	PROP TX-VACANT FACILITIES	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that any taxing district may order the county clerk to abate its taxes on any property if (i) a new business first occupies a facility located on the property during the taxable year, and (ii) the facility was vacant for a period of at least 24 continuous months prior to being occupied by the business.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4120	Illinois HB 4120 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	52	3	2009-02-27	2009-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/38beb69d-6fb6-41e2-888b-fdf0c47e6798	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4120&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46974&SessionID=76&GA=96	b1f23c3e03f381ffc618daa874b9214a57a932b94360b483b682a68636ab6acf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4120 (96th) — PROP TX-VACANT FACILITIES

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that any taxing district may order the county clerk to abate its taxes on any property if (i) a new business first occupies a facility located on the property during the taxable year, and (ii) the facility was vacant for a period of at least 24 continuous months prior to being occupied by the business.

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 — 90–14 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark L. Walker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mark L. Walker filing
• 2009-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 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 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue & Finance Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-12 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue & Finance Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 090-014-002 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2009-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2009-03-27 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2009-03-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-03-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2009-03-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2009-03-30 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-03-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-09 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2009-04-24 Sponsor Removed Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2009-04-30 Held in Revenue
• 2009-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski amendment-introduction
• 2009-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-05-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Revenue
• 2009-05-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2009-05-07 Do Pass as Amended Revenue; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2009-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mark L. Walker
• 2009-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2009-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-001
• 2009-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-25 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0755 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38beb69d-6fb6-41e2-888b-fdf0c47e6798. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).