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type: "Bill"
title: "TAX RETURN PREPARER-REGULATION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2774"
citation: "Illinois SB 2774 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 79
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2014-01-30"
last_action: "2015-01-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4fee4ed-c46f-45bd-97a2-5fc742eae1d6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2774&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78615&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "2dc83eadc27c19bce04a7968ca3dd749b077cdec8aa7bc4cfeecdf47adb7f897"
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 2774 (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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2774&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78615&DocNum=2774&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2774eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78615&DocNum=2774&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2774enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=78615&DocNum=2774&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **522** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1057** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Antonio Muñoz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `filing`
- **2014-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-20** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 25, 2014
- **2014-03-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2014
- **2014-03-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2014-03-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 007-000-000
- **2014-03-06** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2014-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000
- **2014-04-09** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2014-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- **2014-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-16** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2014
- **2014-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2014
- **2014-05-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-27** Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2014-05-28** Correctional Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Judicial Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Home Rule Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** Pension Note Filed
- **2014-05-28** State Debt Impact Note Filed
- **2014-05-29** Balanced Budget Note Filed
- **2014-05-30** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-30** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2014-11-25** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2014-11-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-12-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-12-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-12-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Business & Occupational Licenses Committee
- **2014-12-02** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2014-12-03** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Business & Occupational Licenses Committee; 007-002-001 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Land Conveyance Appraisal Note Filed as Amended
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Correctional Note Filed as Amended
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Pension Note Filed as Amended
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 State Debt Impact Note Filed as Amended
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Home Rule Note Filed as Amended
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Balanced Budget Note Filed as Amended
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-12-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Judicial Note Filed as Amended
- **2014-12-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-007-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-12-03** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2014-12-03** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - December 3, 2014
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Antonio Muñoz `filing`
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 014-000-000
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 052-002-001
- **2014-12-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-12-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-01-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-01-12** Effective Date June 1, 2015
- **2015-01-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1173 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4fee4ed-c46f-45bd-97a2-5fc742eae1d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).