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Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the taxes due under the Act on estates that contain qualified farm property. Provides that, for the purposes of calculating the State Death Tax Credit, those estates are subject to an exemption of $6,000,000 (rather than an exclusion amount of $4,000,000), which shall be deducted from the net estate value after the net estate value is computed in accordance with the Act. Provides that the exemption shall be adjusted each year according to the increase in the Consumer Price Index. Makes changes concerning the calculation of the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for those estates. Provides for a special use valuation to provide that the value of the qualified farm property shall be calculated without regard to certain limitations under the Internal Revenue Code. Makes changes concerning the definition of "qualified heir". Effective January 1, 2027.
Introduced
Feb 6, 2026
Last Action
Mar 12, 2026
Session
IL 104th
Sponsors
1 primary · 4 co
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
Referred to Rules Committee
First Reading
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sharon Chung
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II