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A new law sponsored by Sen. Mattie Hunter (D-3) that was introduced with the purpose of amending the Property Tax Code went into effect on July 26, 2019, according to the official Illinois General Assembly website.

The legislation was introduced in bill HB2209 on Feb. 2, 2017, when Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82) filed it with the House clerk.

According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Property Tax Code".

After debate, the House passed the bill on April 2, 2019 and it arrived in the Senate on April 3, 2019, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 21, 2019. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 26, 2019. The law went into effect immediately.

Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.

The following table shows the full history of actions on HB2209.

Date	Chamber	Action
2/2/2017	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin
2/3/2017	House	First Reading
2/3/2017	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/22/2017	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/29/2017	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
3/29/2017	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ***
4/27/2017	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/27/2017	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ***
4/28/2017	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/8/2019	House	Session Sine Die
2/7/2019	House	First Reading
2/7/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/7/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sam Yingling
2/19/2019	House	Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
2/28/2019	House	To Property Tax Subcommittee
3/7/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
3/8/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen
3/21/2019	House	Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 006-000-000
3/21/2019	House	Reported Back To Revenue & Finance Committee;
3/21/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
3/21/2019	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 014-000-000
3/21/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
3/21/2019	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/28/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
3/29/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/29/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/2/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
4/2/2019	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000
4/3/2019	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/3/2019	Senate	First Reading
4/3/2019	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
4/3/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/3/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/24/2019	Senate	Assigned to Revenue
5/1/2019	Senate	Do Pass Revenue; 007-000-000
5/1/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
5/14/2019	Senate	Second Reading
5/14/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
5/21/2019	House	Passed Both Houses
5/21/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
5/21/2019	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
6/19/2019	House	Sent to the Governor
7/26/2019	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0134
7/26/2019	House	Governor Approved
7/26/2019	House	Effective Date July 26, 2019
2/16/2021	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin
2/17/2021	House	First Reading
2/17/2021	House	Referred to Rules Committee
3/2/2021	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
3/11/2021	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 014-000-000
3/17/2021	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
4/23/2021	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee