104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1496

 

Introduced 1/28/2025, by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/9-162 new

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2026 assessment year, the valuation of property in any general assessment year may not exceed (i) 101% of the value of the property in the previous tax year if the property is residential or (ii) 102% of the value of the property in the previous tax year if the property is not residential. Provides that the limitation does not apply if the increase in value is due to an addition, modification, or improvement to the property or if there has been a change in ownership of the property during the previous tax year. Preempts the power of home rule units to tax.


LRB104 06534 HLH 16570 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB1496LRB104 06534 HLH 16570 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 9-162 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/9-162 new)
7    Sec. 9-162. Limitation on increases in valuation.
8Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with the
92026 assessment year, the valuation of property in any general
10assessment year may not exceed (i) 101% of the value of the
11property in the previous tax year if the property is
12residential or (ii) 102% of the value of the property in the
13previous tax year if the property is not residential. This
14Section does not apply if the increase in value is due to an
15addition, modification, or improvement to the property or if
16there has been a change in ownership of the property during the
17previous tax year. This Section is a denial and limitation
18under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
19Illinois Constitution on the power of home rule units to tax.