State legislature adjourns without passing budget
SPRINGFIELD — The 99th Illinois General Assembly adjourned Tuesday without passing a comprehensive state budget during its entire two-year term.
However, on the final day of their two-day lame-duck session, lawmakers did approve bills requiring schools to test water for lead, enacting a series of criminal justice reforms, and extending a controversial business tax credit program, among other measures.
The House also approved a bill that would freeze the total amount of property tax revenue units of local government can collect without getting voter approval for an increase. But the vote was purely symbolic because there wasn’t enough time for the Senate to take it up before adjourning.
Still, the measure, sponsored by Rep. Mark Batinick, R-Plainfield, won praise from Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who has made a property tax freeze one of the key pieces of policy agenda.
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