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Bill	PROP TX-EXEMPT HARBOR	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property and any leasehold interest in property that is owned by a municipality with a population of over 500,000 inhabitants, or a unit of local government whose jurisdiction includes territory located in whole or in part within a municipality with a population of over 500,000 inhabitants, is exempt from taxation under the Code if the property is used as a harbor. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2115	Illinois SB 2115 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	45	3	2009-02-20	2009-09-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e716e426-7680-4fbe-a917-45f0a81fa287	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2115&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=45035&SessionID=76&GA=96	365af00e76ae73f1307882de050c62ad71f645914c57adaaeb9848feb7354119	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2115 (96th) — PROP TX-EXEMPT HARBOR

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that property and any leasehold interest in property that is owned by a municipality with a population of over 500,000 inhabitants, or a unit of local government whose jurisdiction includes territory located in whole or in part within a municipality with a population of over 500,000 inhabitants, is exempt from taxation under the Code if the property is used as a harbor. 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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (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
• 2009-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2009-04-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 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
• 2009-05-08 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-20 Alternate Chief Sponsor Removed Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2009-05-20 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2009-05-20 Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 22, 2009
• 2009-05-20 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2009-05-22 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 29, 2009
• 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue & Finance Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue & Finance Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-05-26 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-05-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-26 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-28 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 29, 2009
• 2009-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2009-05-28 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
• 2009-06-24 3/5 Vote Required
• 2009-06-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 053-000-000
• 2009-06-24 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-07-10 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-09-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-09-08 Effective Date September 8, 2009
• 2009-09-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0789 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e716e426-7680-4fbe-a917-45f0a81fa287. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).