103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5122 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Dan Ugaste - Amy L. Grant and Dave Severin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/241 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in the amount of $500 for a taxpayer who serves as a full-time police officer, firefighter, or rescue worker during the taxable year. Effective immediately. LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5122 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Dan Ugaste - Amy L. Grant and Dave Severin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/241 new 35 ILCS 5/241 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in the amount of $500 for a taxpayer who serves as a full-time police officer, firefighter, or rescue worker during the taxable year. Effective immediately. LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5122 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Dan Ugaste - Amy L. Grant and Dave Severin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/241 new 35 ILCS 5/241 new 35 ILCS 5/241 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in the amount of $500 for a taxpayer who serves as a full-time police officer, firefighter, or rescue worker during the taxable year. Effective immediately. LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b A BILL FOR HB5122LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b HB5122 LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b HB5122 LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 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 241 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 5/241 new) 7 Sec. 241. First responder tax credit. 8 (a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 9 2024 and beginning prior to January 1, 2029, each individual 10 who serves as a full-time police officer, firefighter, or 11 rescue worker during the taxable year is entitled to a credit 12 against the taxes imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of 13 Section 201 in the amount of $500. 14 (b) A credit under this Section may not reduce a 15 taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the amount of the 16 credit exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess may 17 be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 18 taxable years following the excess credit year. The tax credit 19 shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is a tax 20 liability. If there are credits for more than one year that are 21 available to offset the liability, the earlier credit shall be 22 applied first. 23 (c) The Department may adopt rules for the implementation 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5122 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Dan Ugaste - Amy L. Grant and Dave Severin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/241 new 35 ILCS 5/241 new 35 ILCS 5/241 new Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit in the amount of $500 for a taxpayer who serves as a full-time police officer, firefighter, or rescue worker during the taxable year. Effective immediately. LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b A BILL FOR 35 ILCS 5/241 new LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b HB5122 LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b HB5122- 2 -LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b HB5122 - 2 - LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b HB5122 - 2 - LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b 1 of the credit under this Section. 2 (d) As used in this Section: 3 "Firefighter" has the same meaning as "fireman" in 4 subsection (b) of Section 2 of the Line of Duty Compensation 5 Act. 6 "Police officer" has the same meaning as "law enforcement 7 officer" in subsection (a) of Section 2 of the Line of Duty 8 Compensation Act. 9 "Rescue worker" means a person who is licensed under the 10 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act as an Emergency 11 Medical Responder (EMR) (First Responder), Emergency Medical 12 Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate 13 (EMT-I), Advanced Emergency Medical Responder (A-EMT), or 14 Paramedic (EMT-P). HB5122 - 2 - LRB103 35898 HLH 65983 b