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type: "Bill"
title: "INC TX-DEFINITIONS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act concerning the definition of \"captive real estate investment trusts\". Provides that, to be a captive real estate investment trust, at least 50% of the voting power must be controlled by a single corporation (now, controlled by a single person). Exempts from the definition certain real estate investment trusts that are owned and controlled by certain entities that are organized outside of the laws of the United States. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1975"
citation: "Illinois SB 1975 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-20"
last_action: "2009-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57420870-edc4-4cdf-9e60-91b2ce28590c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1975&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44878&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "225cc5ab2374f8c7a52a40b54dd1e4a6d42ac493c5cfa67ff1f0a9b0ce467b4c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 1975 (96th) — INC TX-DEFINITIONS
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act concerning the definition of "captive real estate investment trusts". Provides that, to be a captive real estate investment trust, at least 50% of the voting power must be controlled by a single corporation (now, controlled by a single person). Exempts from the definition certain real estate investment trusts that are owned and controlled by certain entities that are organized outside of the laws of the United States. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1975&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44878&DocNum=1975&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1975eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44878&DocNum=1975&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1975enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44878&DocNum=1975&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass Revenue; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2009-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Revenue & Finance Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2009-04-29** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- **2009-04-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue & Finance Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue & Finance Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-21** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 22, 2009
- **2009-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2009-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Revenue; 007-000-000
- **2009-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2009-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2009
- **2009-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0641 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57420870-edc4-4cdf-9e60-91b2ce28590c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).