---
type: "Bill"
title: "OPEN OPERATING STANDARDS ACT"
description: "Amends the Governor Transition Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the orderly transition of the office of Governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 725"
citation: "Illinois SB 725 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b73c23b-85cf-43c9-b464-efe2f97670e4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=725&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=116662&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "c99563e776959a6aeb28062be957a7133c023139a003ac751f3c0c807abce820"
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 725 (101st) — OPEN OPERATING STANDARDS ACT

Amends the Governor Transition Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the orderly transition of the office of Governor.

## 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=10100SB0725&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116662&DocNum=725&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0725eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116662&DocNum=725&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB0725enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=116662&DocNum=725&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Grant Wehrli — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Ellman — primary (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — 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
- **2019-03-13** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Laura Ellman
- **2019-03-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Ellman `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government
- **2019-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt State Government; 007-000-000
- **2019-03-26** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Ellman `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2019-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0314 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b73c23b-85cf-43c9-b464-efe2f97670e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).