---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOVERNMENT SEVERANCE-ATHLETICS"
description: "Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 529"
citation: "Illinois SB 529 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8871e7cd-ec6f-4a06-803a-c98b843753eb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=529&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=116466&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "bf1812a5f7fd7b2e708f8f0e350d91f73169db9f76a94f71fafeee18ce68bb82"
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 529 (101st) — GOVERNMENT SEVERANCE-ATHLETICS

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=10100SB0529&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116466&DocNum=529&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0529eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116466&DocNum=529&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0529enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116466&DocNum=529&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **73–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emanuel Chris Welch — primary (person)
- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2019
- **2019-03-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2019
- **2019-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2019-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 015-001-000
- **2019-04-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; J. Cullerton `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 052-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2019-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 073-038-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2019
- **2019-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0195 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8871e7cd-ec6f-4a06-803a-c98b843753eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).