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OTHER EFFORTS SUPPORTED BY THE CHAMBER
n SUPPORT affordable housing solutions by incentivizing additional development of affordable 
housing (HB 1147/SB 62)
n SUPPORT a more transparent, accountable, modern, safe, clean, and efficient mass transit 
system that is responsive to the needs of employers and residents alike and that prioritizes 
reforms over new revenues
n SUPPORT improvements to the State’s procurement processes, including the elimination of 
retainage on State projects without a reason (SB 74/ HB 1224), and the streamlined purchasing of 
technology tools already adopted by industry
 
n SUPPORT efforts to promote fiscal responsibility and sustainable solutions to the pension 
problem by prioritizing necessary Tier 2 fixes to the SS wage base without creating new liabilities 
that erodes Tier 2
n SUPPORT continued investments in the higher education systems, talent pipeline, and STEM 
(SB 194/ HB 1450)

While promoting pro-growth policies is a Chamber goal, we urge the General Assembly NOT to take action 
on proposals that may risk hurting the State’s business climate and, thereby, make Illinois less competitive 
in the near-daily national competition for new investment and job creation, including:
n Professional service taxes or expansion of the State Sales Taxes to services
n Overly broad and far-reaching data privacy laws
n Passage of blanket product bans or severe restriction of essential products
n Overreaching, burdensome limitations on technology tools, such as the so-called “junk fees” ban
n Enaction of anti-competitive initiatives on healthcare, such as PDAB
n Unfair property tax changes that will raise commercial property assessments
n Elimination of the Tipped Credit that is harmful to workers and employers alike
n Anti-growth changes to the Income Tax
KEY ITEMS OF CONCERN
CONTACT:
KEITH WHEELER | kwheeler@ilchamber.org
JORDAN RYAN | jryan@ilchamber.org
RAMIRO HERNANDEZ | rhernandez@ilchamber.org
ANDREW CUNNINGHAM | acunningham@ilchamber.org
ALEC MESSINA | amessina@ilchamber.org
AARON HARRIS | aharris@ilchamber.org
KELLY THOMPSON | kthompson@ierg.org

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