Springfield, IL…With property tax installment deadlines looming across the 101st district, State Representatives Chris Miller (R-Hindsboro) is calling out Supermajority democrats running Springfield for recent tax shifts, tax hikes, and mandates expected to drive property taxes even higher across Illinois communities.
“The radical Democrats keep squeezing taxes from hard-working families in Illinois to cover the rising costs of illegal immigrants,” said Rep. Miller. “We have blatant lies fed to us by Pritzker and Democrats about how state funds are being used. Unfortunately, the taxpayers have been a piggy bank for Pritzker, and he just can’t keep his hands out of their hard-earned money.”
According to a Wallet Hub study released in February 2024, Illinois has the second-highest property tax burden in the country. Illinois has a statewide 2.23% property tax rate burden when all 102 counties are combined.
The facts are clear: Illinoisans have one of the highest overall tax burdens – largely due to out-of-control property tax rates. Yet, as families struggle to make ends meet, the majority party has done nothing to address high property taxes. Instead, they focus on adding social programs to our General Revenue liabilities while failing to properly fund education and local governments as promised in the 1970 Illinois constitution.
Numerous proposals supported by Rep. Miller would freeze, suspend, or outright reduce property taxes, various sales taxes, income taxes, and fuel taxes throughout this General Assembly. Democrats have refused to call these tax relief proposals for a vote, instead opting to raise nearly $1 billion in tax hikes in the new State Budget and to shift the burden of tax hikes onto local governments at the end of the Spring Session.
Included in the tax relief measures supported by Rep. Miller are:
HB3535: Reduces property taxes for low-income senior citizens without affecting their retirement accounts.
HB4354: Caps the increase in a total homeowners year to year property tax bill to no more than 5% unless the home had substantial improvements.
HB4716: Limits any change in assessment resulting from reassessment in the general assessment year to the lesser of the following: 3% of the assessed value of the property or change in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month calendar year.
“We need to stop spending billions on services for illegal immigrants and put Illinois residents first,” Rep. Miller added. “Homeowners are struggling, and they work hard to climb the ladder, but Democrats have done nothing to offer any kind of property tax relief to families who need it the most. Pritzker is a population denier, and people are fleeing Illinois because of over-taxation.”
The people of Illinois need property tax relief now, not tomorrow. They demand property tax relief today. They are not getting relief from Supermajority Democrats, who recently broke their own House Rules to hike taxes on Illinoisans, once again.
For more information, please contact Rep. Miller’s office at (217) 508-4108
Representative Chris Miller serves the constituents of Illinois’ 101st House District that includes parts of Coles County, including portions of Champaign, Douglas, and Vermilion Counties along the I-57 corridor.
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