Illinois HB 2641: PROP TX-SENIORS-SCHOOL EXEMPT

Status: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt (as of 2025-10-27)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 2641

Sponsors: Martin McLaughlin, Kevin Schmidt

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB2641

Introduced 2/6/2025, by Rep. Martin McLaughlin 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 200/15-171 new

 Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain homestead property that is owned by a person who will be 67 years of age or older during the taxable year is exempt from property taxes levied by a school district. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

HB2641LRB104 09756 HLH 19822 b

1 AN ACT concerning revenue.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding 

5Section 15-171 as follows:

6 (35 ILCS 200/15-171 new)

7 Sec. 15-171. Senior citizens school district homestead 

8exemption.

9 (a) For taxable year 2026 and each taxable year 

10thereafter, in addition to any other homestead exemption to 

11which the property is entitled under this Code, qualified 

12homestead property is exempt from any property tax levied by a 

13school district. 

14 (b) If a homestead exemption has been granted under this 

15Section and the qualified applicant subsequently becomes a 

16resident of a facility licensed under the Assisted Living and 

17Shared Housing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized 

18Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community 

19Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, the exemption shall continue so 

20long as (i) the residence continues to be occupied by the 

21qualified applicant's spouse and the spouse is 67 years of age 

22or older or (ii) the residence is unoccupied but is still owned 

23by the qualified applicant. 

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1 (c) Applications for the homestead exemption under 

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