---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMPTROLLER ACT-SALARY REPORT"
description: "Amends the State Comptroller Act. Requires the Comptroller to make a listing of State employee salaries, in both the annual report and the online ledger, in which the total amount paid to a State employee during the past calendar year is listed as rounded to the nearest thousand dollar. Provides findings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 623"
citation: "Illinois HB 623 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16163031-6a2f-4b3e-a9a2-266d3e343aa3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=623&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=100825&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "0470931b3f82572f11c5fa20984e17247462ee63bcf3e8206896db75f7dfc58e"
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 HB 623 (100th) — COMPTROLLER ACT-SALARY REPORT

Amends the State Comptroller Act. Requires the Comptroller to make a listing of State employee salaries, in both the annual report and the online ledger, in which the total amount paid to a State employee during the past calendar year is listed as rounded to the nearest thousand dollar. Provides findings.

## 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=10000HB0623&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100825&DocNum=623&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0623eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100825&DocNum=623&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0623enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=100825&DocNum=623&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Fortner — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `filing`
- **2017-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
- **2017-02-02** Assigned to Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee
- **2017-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-06** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee
- **2017-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2017-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-22** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0253 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16163031-6a2f-4b3e-a9a2-266d3e343aa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).