State Rep. Steve Reick sent out a summary of the spring legislative session.
Here is his first part:
2019 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW
Dear Neighbor,
This session of the legislature was momentous. We saw our state take a far-left turn with votes on recreational marijuana, expanding late-term abortions, a (failed) attempt to further erode our Second Amendment rights, a Constitutional referendum to eliminate our flat income tax, a $15 minimum wage and many other measures that will either transform the state or drive it further into a ditch. I give my thoughts on just a few of those votes in this newsletter.
As always, if you have any questions or comments about what’s discussed in this newsletter or need assistance navigating state government, don’t hesitate to email me or contact my office.
I take my role as your representative seriously, and regard It as an honor to work for you.
Sincerely,
Steve Reick
Reick Votes Against Efforts To Raise Income Taxes, Calls For Spending Restraint
On Memorial Day, the Illinois House of Representatives voted to put a question on the 2020 ballot that would remove the flat income tax guarantee from the Illinois Constitution. I, along with every other member of the House Republican Caucus, stood united in opposition to the amendment.
I voted against the amendment because Illinoisans were promised in 2011 and 2017 that the income tax increases in those years would solve the state’s financial crisis.
This constitutional amendment to allow for even more income tax increases is being billed as a solution to our state’s problems, when that couldn’t be further from the truth.
I believed that moving to a graduated tax structure will not solve our structural financial problems, will do nothing to address our biggest problems, and simply opens the door to more reckless spending down the road.
We must do a top-to-bottom review of our entire taxing structure so as to allow for predictable revenue that follows the growth in our economy.
The unfunded pension debt is by far the biggest fiscal issue hanging over us, and a portion of the tax increase in this proposal does not even cover the upcoming increases in pension payments required by law.
Left unsaid in this debate was how the money we take from taxpayers is spent, which should be the beginning point of any discussion about generating revenue
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More tomorrow.
Steve Reick is a GREAT Representative.
He supports townships alot and understands how nessesary they are.
Government closest to the People!!!
He forgot to mention the $45 Billion tax hike that doubled gas taxes.
Why is he avoiding it?
RINO Reick is a typical PoS.
He talk about ‘far-left turn’ yet he’s hardly a conservative except at election times.
Funny how he uses that metaphor as a DUI chargee. Did he pay to have that charge dismissed?
DUI convictee, Pinto.
The cops finally got him, on video, too.
Townshipper’s endorsement demonstrates Reick’s inherent preference for bloated, BIG GOVERNMENT.
What’s PoS?
The recreational marijuana bill signed into law was House Bill 1438 (HB 1438) signed into law as Public Act 101-0027 (PA 101-0027) on June 25, 2019 by Democrat Governor JB Pritzker.
HB 1438 > PA 101-27.
http://www.ilga.gov
Senate Bill 7 in the 101st General Assembly was a concurrent bill.
The abortion expanding bill signed into law was Senate Bill 25 (SB 25) signed into law as Public Act 101-0013 (PA 101-0013) on June 12, 2019 by Democrat Governor JB Pritzker.
SB 25 > PA 101-13.
http://www.ilga.gov
Other abortion bills in the 101st General Assembly that were not signed into law were:
House Bill 2467 (HB 2467)
House Bill 2495 (HB 2495)
Senate Bill 1594 (SB 1594)
Senate Bill 1942 (SB 1942)
The bill to ask voters whether they want to modify the state Constitution to change the state income tax from a flat tax, to an adjustable tax, was Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 1 (SJRCA 1), adopted by the State Senate on May 1, 2019, and adopted by the House on May 27, 2019.
SJRCA’s do not require the Governor’s approval.
The question is scheduled to appear on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot.
Voter approval of the amendment triggers some aspects of the following laws to activate.
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Senate Bill 0687 (SB 0687) was signed into law by Democrat Governor JB Pritzker on June 5, 2019 as Public Act 101-0008 (PA 101-0008).
SB 687 > PA 101-8.
PA 101-0008 contains the graduated income tax rates and hikes the corporate income tax rate.
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Senate Bill 0689 (SB 0689) was signed into law by Democrat Governor JB Pritzker on June 5, 2019 as Public Act 101-0009 (PA 101-0009).
SB 689 > PA 101-9 .
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Senate Bill 0690 (SB 0690) was signed into law by Democrat Governor JB Pritzker on June 28, 2019 as Public Act 101-0031 (PA 101-0031).
SB 690 > Pa 101-31.
PA 101-0031 includes much more than triggers resulting from passage of the adjustable income tax amendment, such as:
– Revenue bill for the FY 2020 budget (FY 2020 for the State is July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020).
– all sorts of gambling expansion
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Deloitte has an overview titled, “Illinois Legislature Adopts Substantial Changes to Tax Laws,” dated July 3, 2019.
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/tax/articles/illinois-legislature-adopts-substantial-changes-to-tax-laws.html
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The adjustable income tax amendment and its triggers are overly complicated because a simple scheme is too easy to rebuke.
Democrat Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) into law as Public Act 101-0031 (PA 101-0031) on February 19, 2019.
SB 1 > PA 101-1.
PA 101-0001 raises the minimum hourly wage of those 18 years and older as follows:
January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $9.25 per hour.
July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $10 per hour.
January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $11 per hour.
January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $12 per hour.
January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $13 per hour.
January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $14 per hour
January 1, 2025, and after every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees who is 18 years of age or older in every occupation wages of not less than $15 per hour.
http://www.ilga.gov