Illinois SB 2779: REVENUE-PROP TX REPLACE
Status: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (as of 2026-05-22)
State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: SB 2779
Sponsors: Lakesia Collins, Adriane Johnson
Bill Text
• Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB2779 • • • • • • • • • • • • Select Language × The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein. Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet. The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website. NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window. Choose Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Bengali Bosnian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Interlingua Interlingue Inuktitut Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar Nepali Norwegian Odia Pashto Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Sango Sanskrit Sardinian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Southern Sotho Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Close Illinois General Assembly Top Navigation Bar Translate Learn Select General Assembly Search the 104th General Assembly Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules. ILGA.GOV • • LEGISLATION & LAWS • Bills & Resolutions • Public Acts • Illinois Compiled Statutes • Illinois Constitution • Search Legislation • Glossary • Guide • Reports & Inquiry • Legislative Reports • Special Reports • FTP Site • Legislator Lookup • Capitol Complex Phone Numbers • Rules & Regulations • Illinois Register • Administrative Rules • Senate • Members • Schedules • Committees • Request for Remote Testimony • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • Senate Employment Opportunities • Media Guidelines • House • Members • Schedules • Committees • Submit testimony for House Committees • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • House Employment Opportunities • Log In Mobile Top Bar Search the 104th General Assembly Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website. Full Text of SB2779 • Home • Legislation • Full Text SB2779 - 104th General Assembly • Bill Status • Full Text • Votes • Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2779 Introduced 1/13/2026, by Sen. Lakesia Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 2505/2505-820 new Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Revenue, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of phasing out the use of property taxes as a funding source for school districts and replacing that revenue with other State and local revenue streams. LRB104 16975 HLH 30389 b A BILL FOR SB2779LRB104 16975 HLH 30389 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 Department of Revenue Law of the Civil 5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 62505-820 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 2505/2505-820 new) 8 Sec. 2505-820. Property tax replacement feasibility study. 9Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department, in 10consultation with the Governor's Office of Management and 11Budget, shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of 12phasing out the use of property taxes as a funding source for 13school districts and replacing that revenue with other State 14and local revenue streams, including, but not limited to, 15income taxes, estate taxes, real estate transfer taxes, 16cannabis taxes, use and occupation taxes, and capital gains 17taxes. The study shall (i) examine other states that do not 18primarily fund schools through property taxes and (ii) propose 19spending cuts or an increased revenue to facilitate the 20change. Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained fo
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