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SB3852 • 2026
TREASURER-CHILD CARE FUND
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TREASURER-CHILD CARE FUND
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
Assigned to Revenue
Filed with Secretary by Sen. John F. Curran
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
TREASURER-CHILD CARE FUND
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Full Text of SB3852 Home Legislation Full Text SB3852 - 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 SB3852 Introduced 2/6/2026, by Sen. John F. Curran SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 605/605-1119 new 30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new 35 ILCS 5/246 new Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall establish a Child Care Solutions Pilot Program to make grants to child care centers in pilot communities. Creates the Illinois Child Care Solutions Fund for the purpose of funding the Program. Provides that the Illinois Child Care Solutions Fund may receive private donations. Provides that the State shall provide $2 in matching funds from the General Revenue Fund for each $1 in private donations received by the Fund, provided that the total amount of matching funds may not exceed $3,000,000 in any State fiscal year. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in an amount equal to 75% of the amount donated by the taxpayer during the taxable year to the Illinois Child Care Solutions Fund. Effective immediately. LRB104 17147 HLH 30566 b A BILL FOR SB3852 LRB104 17147 HLH 30566 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 Department of Commerce and Economic 5 Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois 6 is amended by adding Section 605-1119 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 605/605-1119 new) 8 Sec. 605-1119. Child Care Solutions Pilot Program. 9 (a) Subject to appropriation, the Department shall 10 establish a Child Care Solutions Pilot Program to make grants 11 to child care centers in pilot communities. The Department 12 shall designate up to 10 municipalities in the State to be 13 pilot communities. Municipalities may apply to the Department 14 for consideration for designation as a pilot community no 15 later than January 1, 2027. In approving applications for 16 designation as a pilot community, the Department shall 17 consider the economic need of the community and shall strive 18 to designate pilot communities in all geographic regions of 19 the State. 20 (b) The Illinois Child Care Solutions Fund is hereby 21 created as a special fund in the State treasury. The 22 Department shall administer the Child Care Solutions Pilot 23 Program using moneys appropriated from the Fund. The Fund SB3852 - 2 - LRB104 17147 HLH 30566 b 1 shall receive private donations, and the State shall provide 2 $2 in matching funds from the General Revenue Fund for each $1 3 in private donations received by the Fund, provided that the 4 total amount of matching funds may not exceed $3,000,000 in 5 any State fiscal year. 6 (c) The Department shall adopt rules to administer this 7 Section. 8 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 9 Section 5.1038 as follows: 10 (30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new) 11 Sec. 5.1038. The Illinois Child Care Solutions Fund. 12 Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 13 adding Section 246 as follows: 14 (35 ILCS 5/246 new) 15 Sec. 246. Donations to the Illinois Child Care Solutions 16 Fund. 17 (a) Each taxpayer who makes a donation to the Illinois 18 Child Care Solutions Fund during the taxable year is entitled 19 to a credit against the taxes imposed by subsections (a) and 20 (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal to 75% of those donated 21 amounts. 22 (b) In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce SB3852 - 3 - LRB104 17147 HLH 30566 b 1 the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the amount of 2 the credit exceeds the income tax liability for the applicable 3 tax year, the excess may be carried forward and applied to the 4 tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the excess 5 credit year. The credit shall be applied to the earliest year 6 for which there is a tax liability. If there are credits from 7 more than one year that are available to offset a liability, 8 the earlier credit shall be applied first. 9 (c) This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section 10 250. 11 Section 99. 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