The measure, contained in Senate President John Cullerton's bill, passed the Senate with 33 votes after unexpectedly being added to a package of bills that can only become law if the voters approve a graduated-tax constitutional amendment in November 2020. SPRINGFIELD — Members of a liberal House caucus announced their opposition Friday to the Senate's move to strike Illinois' estate tax, a measure unexpectedly included in a package of bills to change the state's income-tax structure. read more