b'CONTACT: KEITH WHEELER | kwheeler@ilchamber.org ALEC MESSINA | amessina@ilchamber.orgSTATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA JORDAN RYAN | jryan@ilchamber.org AARON HARRIS | aharris@ilchamber.orgRAMIRO HERNANDEZ | rhernandez@ilchamber.org KELLY THOMPSON | kthompson@ierg.orgANDREW CUNNINGHAM | acunningham@ilchamber.orgOTHER EFFORTS SUPPORTED BY THE CHAMBERn SUPPORT affordable housing solutions by incentivizing additional development of affordable housing (HB 1147/SB 62)n SUPPORT a more transparent, accountable, modern, safe, clean, and efficient mass transit system that is responsive to the needs of employers and residents alike and that prioritizes reforms over new revenuesn SUPPORT improvements to the States procurement processes, including the elimination of retainage on State projects without a reason (SB 74/ HB 1224), and the streamlined purchasing of technology tools already adopted by industryn SUPPORT efforts to promote fiscal responsibility and sustainable solutions to the pension problem by prioritizing necessary Tier 2 fixes to the SS wage base without creating new liabilities that erodes Tier 2n SUPPORT continued investments in the higher education systems, talent pipeline, and STEM(SB 194/ HB 1450)KEY ITEMS OF CONCERN While promoting pro-growth policies is a Chamber goal, we urge the General Assembly NOT to take action on proposals that may risk hurting the States business climate and, thereby, make Illinois less competitive in the near-daily national competition for new investment and job creation, including:n Professional service taxes or expansion of the State Sales Taxes to servicesn Overly broad and far-reaching data privacy lawsn Passage of blanket product bans or severe restriction of essential productsn Overreaching, burdensome limitations on technology tools, such as the so-called junk fees bann Enaction of anti-competitive initiatives on healthcare, such as PDABn Unfair property tax changes that will raise commercial property assessmentsn Elimination of the Tipped Credit that is harmful to workers and employers aliken Anti-growth changes to the Income TaxMARCH 20255'