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Bill	INC TX-VET WAGE CREDIT	Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act concerning the credit for wages paid to qualified veterans. Extends the credit to also apply to wages paid to qualified veterans who did not serve on active duty in Southwest Asia. Increases the amount of the credit to (i) 10% (but in no event to exceed $1,200) of the gross wages paid to qualified veterans who served on active duty in Southwest Asia and (ii) 7.5% (but in no event to exceed $800) of the gross wages paid to all other qualified veterans.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2046	Illinois SB 2046 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	44	3	2009-02-20	2009-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/b09b8e4b-b060-4445-b097-f14a1ce2bc91	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2046&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44959&SessionID=76&GA=96	6067842414aa7c9a9fa07602ce1226eeb5500a4b4b8ec46d4a4e4faba5b1b31f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2046 (96th) — INC TX-VET WAGE CREDIT

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act concerning the credit for wages paid to qualified veterans. Extends the credit to also apply to wages paid to qualified veterans who did not serve on active duty in Southwest Asia. Increases the amount of the credit to (i) 10% (but in no event to exceed $1,200) of the gross wages paid to qualified veterans who served on active duty in Southwest Asia and (ii) 7.5% (but in no event to exceed $800) of the gross wages paid to all other qualified veterans.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 105–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Kotowski — primary (person)
• Edward J. Acevedo — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Emily McAsey — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Zalewski — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski 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 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
• 2009-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-20 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
• 2009-04-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2009-04-23 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Deborah Mell
• 2009-04-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2009-04-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2009-04-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 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
• 2009-05-07 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2009-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2009-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 20, 2009
• 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Dan Kotowski filing
• 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Revenue referral-committee
• 2009-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Revenue; 007-000-000
• 2009-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
• 2009-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-07-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-07-27 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0101 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b09b8e4b-b060-4445-b097-f14a1ce2bc91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).