Proposal would have taxpayers fund statewide, $1,000 monthly ‘guaranteed income’

Proposal would have taxpayers fund statewide, $1,000 monthly ‘guaranteed income’

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) — A measure creating a task force to look into monthly guaranteed taxpayer-funded “unrestricted cash” subsidies to certain individuals in Illinois is being discussed in the state legislature.

An Illinois Senate appropriations committee Wednesday heard about Senate Bill 3462 from state Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago.

The bill as filed would create the Illinois Guaranteed Income Law and establish a board within the Department of Human Services to evaluate the efficacy of the program, propose statewide policies and provide oversight. The board would review “the landscape of cash supports available to low-income residents” and identify “populations without significant access […]

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