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subject matter expertise. It provides 
that the multi-year plan shall help 
the State to successfully eliminate the 
use of Section 14(c) certificates on 
December 31, 2029.
 
HB 4636 Revenue Omnibus 
Technical Fixes passed the Senate 
47-8-0 and passed the House 72-38-
0 on concurrence. 
	
As amended, this bill is a gut and 
replace that consists of technical fixes 
to the tax omnibus, as identified by 
the Department of Revenue. 
 
SB 507, First Responders/Non-
Competes passed the Senate 55-0-0.
	
Last Spring, SB 2737 made 
covenants not to compete 
unenforceable for mental health 
professionals specifically when they 
want to service veterans and first 
responders. 
	
This bill provides that the 
definition of “first responders” means 
any persons who are currently or 
formerly employed as: (i) emergency 
medical services personnel, (ii) 
firefighters, and (iii) law enforcement 
officers. 
 
SB 2703, TIF Extensions passed the 
Senate 48-3-1 and passed the House 
90-20-0.
	
This bill amends the Tax 
Increment Allocation Redevelopment 
Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. 
It extends the estimated dates of 
completion of redevelopment 
projects and the retirement of 
obligations issued to finance 
redevelopment project costs for 
various ordinances adopted by 
the Village of Melrose Park, City 
of Knoxville, the City of Chicago, 
and the City of St. Charles. It 
creates tax increment allocation 
financing extensions to the 47th year 
(currently, the 35th year) for various 
ordinances adopted by the Village of 
Melrose Park, Village of Lansing, and 
Village of South Holland.
 
SB 3410 Unemployment Insurance 
Speed Bump/Sunset Extensions 
passed the House 74-38-0 and passed 
the Senate 39-17-0 on concurrence
	
Among other things, this bill 
extends the unemployment insurance 
speed bumps. The unemployment 
insurance extension provisions 
within the bill prevent UI taxes 
from increasing and employee 
benefits from being reduced while 
the fund is stable. This will be 
revisited in two years.
	
The bill also extends a number 
of sunset extensions including 
Illinois Commission on LGBTQ 
Aging, Zero Traffic Fatalities Task 
Force report, and the deadline for 
behavioral health services to use 
grants under the Reimagine Public 
Safety Act.
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