SPRINGFIELD – In a 32 to 19 vote, the Illinois Senate passed a measure Friday that would ban from the Illinois general election ballot any candidate for President or Vice-President of the United States that has not released his or her tax returns for the most recent five years.
The target of the bill is President Donald Trump, bill sponsor Democrat Senator Daniel Biss wrote after the bill's passage Friday.
"My bill requiring Trump to release his tax returns in order to be on the ballot in IL 2020 just passed the Senate," Biss tweeted.
Biss, who recently announced his campaign for governor of Illinois in 2018, tweeted to supporters his legislative effort was part of the anti-Trump "resistance."
"I’ve said we can do things right now to #resist," Biss wrote. "This is a big one."
SB 982 now moves to the Democrat-controlled Illinois House for consideration.
