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HB4869 • 2026
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Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Amy Elik
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Full Text of HB4869 Home Legislation Full Text HB4869 - 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 HB4869 Introduced , by Rep. Amy Elik SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/246 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a qualified small business may apply to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for an income tax credit in an amount equal to the amount paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for qualified advertising with a local news organization. Provides that the credit may not exceed $2,500 per eligible taxpayer in any taxable year. Provides that the aggregate amount of all tax credits awarded by the Department under the amendatory Act in any calendar year may not exceed $3,000,000. Effective immediately. LRB104 17772 HLH 31204 b A BILL FOR HB4869 LRB104 17772 HLH 31204 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 246 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 5/246 new) 7 Sec. 246. Local business advertising. 8 (a) As used in this Section: 9 "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic 10 Opportunity. 11 "Local news organization" has the meaning given to that 12 term in the Strengthening Community Media Act. 13 "Qualified advertising" means any advertising with a local 14 news organization for the purpose of promoting the qualified 15 small business, including advertising that appears in a 16 newspaper, on television, on a billboard, or through other 17 digital or print media. 18 "Qualified small business" means an independently owned 19 and operated for-profit entity that (i) has 50 or fewer 20 full-time employees or grosses less than $4,000,000 per year 21 and (ii) is located within a 25-mile radius of a business 22 location of the local news organization. 23 (b) For taxable years that begin on or after January 1, HB4869 - 2 - LRB104 17772 HLH 31204 b 1 2027 and before January 1, 2032, each taxpayer that is a 2 qualified small business may apply to the Department for a 3 credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of 4 Section 201 in an amount equal to the amount paid by the 5 taxpayer during the taxable year for qualified advertising 6 with a local news organization. The credit may not exceed 7 $2,500 per eligible taxpayer in any taxable year. The 8 aggregate amount of all tax credits awarded by the Department 9 under this Section in any calendar year may not exceed 10 $3,000,000. Credits shall be awarded on a first-come, 11 first-served basis until the maximum credit amount is reached. 12 Upon approval of a tax credit award under this Section, the 13 Department shall issue a tax credit certificate to the 14 taxpayer, and the taxpayer shall attach the certificate to the 15 taxpayer's Illinois income tax return. 16 (c) The credit shall be available only in the taxable year 17 in which the investment is made and shall not be allowed to the 18 extent that it would reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax 19 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 to less than 20 zero. 21 (d) If the taxpayer is a partnership or a Subchapter S 22 corporation, then the provisions of Section 251 apply. 23 Section 99. Effective date. 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