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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VALIDATE 88-699 RESEARCH PARK"
+description: "Validates actions taken under the Illinois Research Park Authority Act (now repealed). That Act was created by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Affirms obligations arising under any bonds issued or contracts made under powers purportedly derived directly or indirectly from the Illinois Research Park Authority Act. Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act to explicitly authorize the exercise of functions purportedly transferred from the Illinois Research Park Authority to the Illinois Finance Authority. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "SB 2951"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2951 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2006-01-20"
+last_action: "2006-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db419e49-5d14-4dc7-9aab-94e52f22e493"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2951&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=24068&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "b17335e7d9ed0f1721decbebcb733acc934f8a4e0c186fe1fcdf21845cedbc13"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 2951 (94th) — VALIDATE 88-699 RESEARCH PARK
+
+Validates actions taken under the Illinois Research Park Authority Act (now repealed). That Act was created by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Affirms obligations arising under any bonds issued or contracts made under powers purportedly derived directly or indirectly from the Illinois Research Park Authority Act. Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act to explicitly authorize the exercise of functions purportedly transferred from the Illinois Research Park Authority to the Illinois Finance Authority. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2951&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24068&DocNum=2951&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2951eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24068&DocNum=2951&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2951enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24068&DocNum=2951&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **52–1** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Susan Garrett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2006-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
+- **2006-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2006-01-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2006-02-01** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
+- **2006-02-08** Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
+- **2006-02-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2006-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 14, 2006
+- **2006-02-16** Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2006-02-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2006-02-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randall M. Hultgren
+- **2006-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2006-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2006-03-08** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2006-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2006-03-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
+- **2006-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2006-04-03** Passed Both Houses
+- **2006-05-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2006-06-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2006-06-27** Effective Date June 27, 2006
+- **2006-06-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0960 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db419e49-5d14-4dc7-9aab-94e52f22e493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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