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HB1074 • 2026
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Cochran
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
Approved for Consideration Rules Committee ; 003-002-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Second Reading - Short Debate
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee ; 013-007-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee ; 004-002-000
Reported Back To Revenue & Finance Committee ;
To Income Tax Subcommittee
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
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Full Text of HB1074 Home Legislation Full Text HB1074 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Printer Friendly Version Introduced House Amendment 001 Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1074 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/502.2 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that it is unlawful for an income tax return preparer or a software company to charge a separate fee for the electronic filing of returns under the Act. Provides that it is unlawful for a software company to offer for sale a version of its tax software that charges a separate fee for the electronic filing of returns under the Act and a version of the same tax software that does not. Sets forth penalties for violations of the provisions of the amendatory Act. LRB104 05871 HLH 15902 b A BILL FOR HB1074 LRB104 05871 HLH 15902 b 1 AN ACT concerning revenue. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 5 adding Section 502.2 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 5/502.2 new) 7 Sec. 502.2. Fees for electronic filing prohibited. 8 (a) It shall be unlawful for an income tax return preparer 9 or a software company to charge a separate fee for the 10 electronic filing of returns under this Act. It shall also be 11 unlawful for a software company to offer for sale a version of 12 its tax software that charges a separate fee for the 13 electronic filing of returns under this Act and a version of 14 the same tax software that does not. 15 (b) Any income tax return preparer or software company 16 that violates this Section is liable for a civil penalty of 17 $500 for the first violation and $1,000 for each succeeding 18 violation. Each fee that is charged on or after the effective 19 date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly in 20 violation of this Section by an income tax return preparer and 21 each fee that is charged in violation of this Section through 22 the use of tax software that is offered for sale on or after 23 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General HB1074 - 2 - LRB104 05871 HLH 15902 b 1 Assembly by a software company shall constitute a separate 2 violation. The civil penalties imposed by this Section shall 3 be paid to the Department upon notice and demand and shall be 4 assessed, collected, and paid in the same manner as taxes 5 under this Act. 6 (c) All final administrative decisions of the Department 7 under this Section shall be subject to judicial review 8 pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law. 9 Proceedings for judicial review shall be commenced in the 10 circuit court of the county in which the party applying for 11 review resides, except that, if the party is not a resident of 12 this State, the venue shall be in Sangamon County or Cook 13 County. 14 (d) As used in this Section: 15 "Administrative decision" has the meaning given to that 16 term in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure. 17 "Income tax return preparer" has the meaning given to that 18 term in Section 1501. 19 "Software company" means a developer of tax software. 20 "Tax software" means any computer software program 21 intended for tax return preparation purposes, including, but 22 not limited to, an off-the-shelf software program loaded onto 23 a tax return preparer's or taxpayer's computer or an online 24 tax preparation application. 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