---
type: "Bill"
title: "COMM ON ELIMINATION OF POVERTY"
description: "Repeals the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 1962"
citation: "Illinois SB 1962 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Keicher", "Kimberly A. Lightford"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2cdbad7-9aaf-492a-8e7c-2beae498cbd9"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1962&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134618&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "66dd409ca279521830eed19f1e11597b27f3d30843fcae8b4318fe27e2e720bd"
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 1962 (102nd) — COMM ON ELIMINATION OF POVERTY

Repeals the Commission on the Elimination of Poverty Act. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1962.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1962eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1962sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB1962enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Keicher — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Delia C. Ramirez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `filing`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8 (b-1) this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.
- **2021-04-15** Do Pass State Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2021
- **2021-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 22, 2021
- **2021-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
- **2021-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
- **2021-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-05-13** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 116-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2021
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0534 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2cdbad7-9aaf-492a-8e7c-2beae498cbd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).