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HB5200 • 2026
PROP TAX-MUNICIPAL WORKERS
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PROP TAX-MUNICIPAL WORKERS
Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Rules Committee ; Rep. Kam Buckner
Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 005-000-000
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. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
PROP TAX-MUNICIPAL WORKERS
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Full Text of HB5200 Home Legislation Full Text HB5200 - 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 HB5200 Introduced 2/10/2026, by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/15-190 new Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a homestead exemption is granted for property that (i) is located in a county with 1,000,000 or more inhabitants and (ii) is owned and occupied as a principal residence during the taxable year by a qualified municipal worker. Provides that the amount of the homestead exemption shall be a reduction from the equalized assessed value of the property in an amount equal to 5% of the equalized assessed value of the property. Effective immediately. LRB104 20268 HLH 33719 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB5200 LRB104 20268 HLH 33719 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 Property Tax Code is amended by adding 5 Section 15-190 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 200/15-190 new) 7 Sec. 15-190. Municipal worker homestead exemption. 8 (a) Beginning in taxable year 2027, a homestead exemption 9 is granted for property that (i) is located in a county with 10 1,000,000 or more inhabitants and (ii) is owned and occupied 11 as a principal residence during the taxable year by a 12 qualified municipal worker. The amount of the homestead 13 exemption shall be a reduction from the equalized assessed 14 value of the property in an amount equal to 5% of the equalized 15 assessed value of the property. 16 (b) The assessor or chief county assessment officer may 17 determine the eligibility of property to receive the exemption 18 provided by this Section by affidavit, application, visual 19 inspection, or questionnaire or by other reasonable methods. 20 (c) The exemption under this Section is in addition to any 21 other homestead exemption provided in this Article 15. 22 Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act, no 23 reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation HB5200 - 2 - LRB104 20268 HLH 33719 b 1 of any mandate created by this Section. 2 (d) As used in this Section: 3 "Qualified municipal worker" means a person who is 4 employed on a full-time basis by the municipality in which the 5 property is located and who is required to reside in that 6 municipality as a condition of his or her employment. 7 Section 99. 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