SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker threw Illinois House Democrats’ latest transit funding proposal under the bus Wednesday as the legislative clock winds down for state lawmakers to agree on new taxes to help the CTA, Metra and Pace avert a massive fiscal crisis next year.

The plan that includes a 7% tax on streaming services and tickets for large concerts and sporting events — among other levies to inject upward of $1.5 billion into the Chicago area transit system — is “not going forward” as is, Pritzker said.

“They sprung a whole bunch of things that have never been seen before, so it’s very hard to evaluate in a short period of time,” Pritzker said of the 1,036-page bill filed two days ahead of legislators’ scheduled adjournment Thursday.

“There’s a whole lot of work that the Legislature

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