Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SJR0022 Compare Versions

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3	3	1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The investments that the State of Illinois makes
5	5	3 in communities through programs and services funded in the
6	6	4 state budget are vitally important in helping ensure all
7	7	5 Illinois families can thrive; and
8	8	6 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois' ability to fund programs
9	9	7 and services is now under threat from the federal government
10	10	8 as President Donald Trump and senior advisor Elon Musk are
11	11	9 unlawfully moving to unilaterally stop federal funding and are
12	12	10 pushing for deep budgetary cuts in order to slash taxes again
13	13	11 for the richest Americans, including Elon Musk; and
14	14	12 WHEREAS, These federal changes will be devastating for
15	15	13 millions of Illinoisans in a multitude of ways as they will
16	16	14 mean deep cuts to the roughly $34 billion Illinois receives
17	17	15 annually from the federal government for a range of programs
18	18	16 and services, such as health coverage for three million
19	19	17 Illinoisans through Medicaid, food assistance programs for
20	20	18 families, and services to support the State's public transit
21	21	19 system; and
22	22	20 WHEREAS, The General Assembly has the power to
23	23	21 meaningfully protect Illinoisans from the Trump
24	24	22 administration's plans to make deadly cuts to federal
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33	33	1 investments in the health and well-being of our communities
34	34	2 and the planet; and
35	35	3 WHEREAS, Since the unsuccessful fair tax amendment in
36	36	4 2020, funding essential programs and services in the State
37	37	5 budget has become increasingly difficult; Illinois has not had
38	38	6 a major increase in state revenue since and continues to
39	39	7 experience a significant revenue shortfall; and
40	40	8 WHEREAS, Illinois has the eighth most unequal state and
41	41	9 local tax system in the nation and the most unequal of all
42	42	10 states in the Midwest with the lowest-income 20% of households
43	43	11 paying twice the portion of their incomes as compared with the
44	44	12 top 1%; and
45	45	13 WHEREAS, Illinois' corporate income tax policies contain
46	46	14 many loopholes that allow multinational corporations to avoid
47	47	15 paying taxes by hiding their vast profits; and
48	48	16 WHEREAS, Income and wealth inequality in the United States
49	49	17 have reached record levels with Illinois having the most
50	50	18 severe income inequality of all states in the Midwest and with
51	51	19 corporate profitability reaching an all-time high last year;
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53	53	21 WHEREAS, The State of Illinois plays an important role in
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64	64	1 ensuring racial, gender, and immigrant justice; and
65	65	2 WHEREAS, Illinois must work to ensure fairness and
66	66	3 opportunity for all Illinoisans regardless of their race,
67	67	4 gender, or where they come from; therefore, be it
68	68	5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
69	69	6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF
70	70	7 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the State of
71	71	8 Illinois to make needed investments in Illinois communities by
72	72	9 raising $6 billion in new revenue from the ultra-wealthy and
73	73	10 mega-corporations; and be it further
74	74	11 RESOLVED, That we urge revenue policies, such as raising
75	75	12 the corporate income tax, closing corporate tax loopholes and
76	76	13 taxing corporate offshore sheltered income, closing the
77	77	14 carried interest loophole, and taxing data extraction by big
78	78	15 tech corporations, should be used to fund priorities, such as
79	79	16 strengthening public transit operations, supporting immigrant
80	80	17 communities by fully funding immigrant services, protecting
81	81	18 healthcare access for all, fully funding public schools in
82	82	19 every community, supporting senior home care, and improving
83	83	20 the child tax credit program, the direct cash assistance,
84	84	21 re-entry employment programs, violence prevention programs,
85	85	22 and affordable housing opportunities; and be it further
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96	96	1 RESOLVED, That we affirm that, in addition to funding
97	97	2 these critically-needed services, implementing these revenue
98	98	3 policies will have the benefit of making our State's tax
99	99	4 system less unfair to the lowest income Illinoisans; and be it
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101	101	6 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
102	102	7 delivered to Governor JB Pritzker.
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