Bill > HJR0040

This concurrent resolution establishes the Saving Working Families and Easing the Cost of Living Task Force, a multi-party legislative group designed to explore policies that could reduce living expenses for middle-class and modest-income families in Illinois. The Task Force will consist of eight members (two from each legislative chamber, including leadership from both parties) who will serve without compensation and meet monthly to investigate potential policy solutions. These solutions include eliminating state taxes on tipped and overtime wages, creating an annual back-to-school sales tax holiday, expanding career and technical education, controlling utility prices, enhancing tax credits for working families, making child care and housing more affordable, lowering grocery costs, improving healthcare accessibility, and supporting small businesses. The Task Force is required to submit a comprehensive report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2026, after which it will be dissolved. The resolution was likely motivated by concerns about rising living costs and economic challenges faced by working families, with an explicit critique of federal economic policies during the Trump administration.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=40&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HJR&SessionID=114&GA=104