Illinois · House Bill 5237 · 103rd General Assembly

AXE THE TIMBER TAX

HB 5237 Sponsored by Tony M. McCombie Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 8, 2024
  2. In committee Feb 9, 2024
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Timber Buyers Licensing Act. Repeals provisions that require a person buying timber from a timber grower to deduct from the payment to the timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the purchase price or 4% of the minimum fair market value and forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources. Repeals provisions that require a timber grower who utilizes timber produced on land the timber grower…

Read the full title (106 words)

Amends the Timber Buyers Licensing Act. Repeals provisions that require a person buying timber from a timber grower to deduct from the payment to the timber grower an amount which equals 4% of the purchase price or 4% of the minimum fair market value and forward such amount to the Department of Natural Resources. Repeals provisions that require a timber grower who utilizes timber produced on land the timber grower owns or operates for sawing into lumber, processing, or resale to pay to the Department an amount equal to 4% of the minimum fair market value of the timber utilized during a period. Makes conforming changes.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie
  2. HouseFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Revenue & Finance Committee · House Revenue & Finance
  5. CommitteeTo Revenue - Sales, Amusement and Other Taxes Subcommittee · House Sales, Amusement and Other Taxes
  6. CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
  7. HouseSession Sine Die

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.