MUNI CD-COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
Summary
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may license and regulate all commercial operations within the municipality's boundaries, whether for profit or not for profit, but may not impose any tax upon its operations except as otherwise authorized by law.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 14, 2025
Last action Aug 27, 2026
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What changed between versions
Introduced
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Engrossed
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3 edits
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Apr 10, 2025
MINOR
The bill was amended to clarify that municipalities cannot tax 'their' operations rather than 'its' operations, and it added a new definition to explicitly exempt specific agricultural and environmental activities from being classified as taxable commercial operations.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed by adding exemptions for agritourism, agricultural property, agribusiness, agricultural experiences, and pollution control facilities.
REQUIREMENT
Changed the pronoun in the tax restriction clause from 'its' to 'their' to improve grammatical clarity regarding municipal operations.
ELIGIBILITY
Added a list of specific exemptions, preventing municipalities from licensing or taxing agritourism, agricultural property, agribusiness, agricultural experiences, and pollution control facilities.
DEFINITION
Introduced new definitions for the exempted categories by referencing existing state laws such as the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Environmental Protection Act.
Floor votes · House Apr 10, 2025
How they voted
113–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 118
Apr 10, 2025
D
Democratic78
96% Yea
R
Republican40
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
6
Committee
9
Amendments
4
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Amended
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 009-000-000
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Martha Deuter
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Martha Deuter
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 011-000-000
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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