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Bill	TAX RETURN PREPARER-REGULATION	Amends the Illinois Public Accounting Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall convene a task force in order to prepare a report that determines the appropriate scope of a program for regulating tax return preparers, addresses the appropriate qualifications for tax return preparers, and considers any other matters that the task force determines to be necessary or appropriate. Requires that the report be submitted no later than September 1, 2015 to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4381	Illinois HB 4381 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	50	3	2014-01-29	2014-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/70a0c003-de0b-4008-8e4c-5ee16d7494b5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4381&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=78641&SessionID=85&GA=98	70e5839568549662e6756caa94b18b8f588d2e5bb1f4e52ca6b0b7ffe6a9da36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4381 (98th) — TAX RETURN PREPARER-REGULATION

Amends the Illinois Public Accounting Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall convene a task force in order to prepare a report that determines the appropriate scope of a program for regulating tax return preparers, addresses the appropriate qualifications for tax return preparers, and considers any other matters that the task force determines to be necessary or appropriate. Requires that the report be submitted no later than September 1, 2015 to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate. 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 — 83–30 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 70–42 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-29 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski filing
• 2014-01-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-01-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-11 Assigned to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-02-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2014-02-28 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-12 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-12 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee
• 2014-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-03-21 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2014-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-042-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 3, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2014-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions referral-committee
• 2014-04-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2014-05-01 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2014-05-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
• 2014-05-07 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-05-08 Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2014
• 2014-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2014
• 2014-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 052-004-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2014-05-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2014-05-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
• 2014-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 083-030-000
• 2014-05-28 House Concurs
• 2014-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2014
• 2014-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1040 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70a0c003-de0b-4008-8e4c-5ee16d7494b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).