Illinois HB 1819: SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT

Status: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason (as of 2026-05-21)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 1819

Sponsors: Curtis J. Tarver, II, Abdelnasser Rashid, Amy L. Grant, Barbara Hernandez, Dagmara Avelar, Debbie Meyers-Martin, Eva-Dina Delgado, Gregg Johnson, Janet Yang Rohr, Jawaharial Williams, Jennifer Sanalitro, John M. Cabello, Joyce Mason, Justin Cochran, Justin Slaughter, Kam Buckner, Kevin John Olickal, La Shawn K. Ford, Lisa Davis, Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Martin McLaughlin, Mary Beth Canty, Mary Gill, Maurice A. West, II, Michael Crawford

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
HB1819

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 25/10

35 ILCS 25/25

35 ILCS 25/35

 Amends the Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act. Renews the program for incentive periods beginning on or after July 1, 2018 and ending on or before June 30, 2025. Removes language concerning the Put Illinois to Work Program for the second series of incentive periods. Provides that the term "full-time employee" means an individual who is employed for a basic wage for at least 35 hours each week (currently, employed for a basic wage for at least 35 hours each week or renders any other standard of service generally accepted by industry custom or practice as full-time employment). Provides that a net increase in the number of full-time Illinois employees shall be treated as continuous if a different new employee is hired as a replacement within 8 weeks after the position becomes vacant (currently, a reasonable time). Effective immediately.

LRB104 08829 HLH 18884 b

A BILL FOR

HB1819LRB104 08829 HLH 18884 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 Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act 

5is amended by changing Sections 10, 25, and 35 as follows:

6 (35 ILCS 25/10)

7 Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:

8 "Applicant" means a person that is operating a business 

9located within the State of Illinois that is engaged in 

10interstate or intrastate commerce and either:

11 (1) has no more than 50 full-time employees, without 

12 regard to the location of employment of such employees at 

13 th

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