The legislation was introduced in bill HB1914 on Feb. 2, 2017, when Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986".
After debate, the House passed the bill on April 27, 2017 and it arrived in the Senate on May 2, 2017, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 31, 2017. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 22, 2017. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB1914.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/2/2017 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin |
| 2/3/2017 | House | First Reading |
| 2/3/2017 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/22/2017 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 3/29/2017 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 |
| 3/29/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate *** |
| 4/6/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. David B. Reis |
| 4/6/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/6/2017 | House | Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. David B. Reis |
| 4/6/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/18/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Public Utilities Committee |
| 4/26/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 4/26/2017 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/26/2017 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Public Utilities Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 4/26/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/27/2017 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 |
| 5/2/2017 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 5/2/2017 | Senate | First Reading |
| 5/2/2017 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 5/2/2017 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 5/2/2017 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler |
| 5/5/2017 | Senate | Assigned to Environment and Conservation |
| 5/11/2017 | Senate | Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 005-000-000 |
| 5/11/2017 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2017 |
| 5/12/2017 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/12/2017 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017 |
| 5/26/2017 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 |
| 5/31/2017 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/31/2017 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 |
| 6/29/2017 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/22/2017 | House | Effective Date August 22, 2017 |
| 8/22/2017 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0254 |
| 8/22/2017 | House | Governor Approved |
| 2/1/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin |
| 2/4/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/4/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate *** |
| 4/12/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/12/2019 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/12/2019 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate *** |
| 5/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 1/13/2021 | House | Session Sine Die |
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