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Bill	PROP TX-OVERPAYMENTS	Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning refunds for erroneous assessments or overpayments, makes the following changes applicable to Cook County: (i) allows the claimant to recover the costs of suit, and (ii) provides that the total amount of taxes and interest refunded for claims for which the right to a refund arose prior to January 1, 2009 shall not exceed $2,500,000 per year.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2854	Illinois SB 2854 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	44	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/60feff28-d1dd-4315-a9d2-3ab056989f82	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2854&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78849&SessionID=85&GA=98	882959a78be8d86d3a49198cf5ae653423c51e19fa589121d92b744ca05a9efc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2854 (98th) — PROP TX-OVERPAYMENTS

Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning refunds for erroneous assessments or overpayments, makes the following changes applicable to Cook County: (i) allows the claimant to recover the costs of suit, and (ii) provides that the total amount of taxes and interest refunded for claims for which the right to a refund arose prior to January 1, 2009 shall not exceed $2,500,000 per year.

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 — 112–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• André M. Thapedi — cosponsor (person)
• Elaine Nekritz — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Emil Jones, III — primary (person)
• Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Morrison — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, III filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-11 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2014-02-20 Postponed - Revenue
• 2014-02-27 Do Pass Revenue; 009-002-001 committee-passage
• 2014-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2014
• 2014-03-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2014
• 2014-03-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2014-03-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2014-03-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2014-04-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-003 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-01 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2014-04-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-24 To Property Tax Subcommittee
• 2014-05-16 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2014
• 2014-05-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2014-05-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
• 2014-05-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2014-05-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
• 2014-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
• 2014-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2014-05-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2014-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2014
• 2014-05-27 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-27 Remains in Revenue & Finance Committee
• 2014-05-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-002 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
• 2014-05-29 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2014-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-22 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60feff28-d1dd-4315-a9d2-3ab056989f82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).