---
type: "Bill"
title: "$STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER"
description: "Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the State Appellate Defender for its FY 22 ordinary and contingent expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 2800"
citation: "Illinois SB 2800 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Harmon", "Emanuel Chris Welch"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 79
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07725250-cb9d-4c73-aac9-53378501a29d"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2800&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=135528&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "118c618fae9af11d56df768c83d406f0094c7a8623a2497356a69bd99c8d37e2"
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 2800 (102nd) — $STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the State Appellate Defender for its FY 22 ordinary and contingent expenses.

## 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/10200SB2800.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2800eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2800ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2800ham002.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2800ham003.pdf)
6. **Re-Enrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2800ren.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2800enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–17** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **37–21** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 3 — **37–21** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **36–21** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **71–44** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **72–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)
- Emanuel Chris Welch — primary (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2021-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Assigned to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Do Pass Appropriations; 008-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2021
- **2021-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2021
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 039-017-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-05-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2021-05-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2021-05-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2021-05-27** Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 070-045-000
- **2021-05-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 008-006-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-05-28** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 009-006-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 072-045-000
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-044-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-06-01** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3
- **2021-06-01** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 3, 2 - June 1, 2021
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 3/5 Vote Required
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 037-021-000
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 3 3/5 Vote Required
- **2021-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 037-021-000
- **2021-06-01** Senate Concurs
- **2021-06-01** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2021-06-01** Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Sen. Don Harmon
- **2021-06-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2021-06-01** Motion Withdrawn Sen. Don Harmon
- **2021-06-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2021-06-15** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto
- **2021-06-15** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Sen. Don Harmon
- **2021-06-15** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Amendatory Veto Motion - Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2021-06-15** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2021-06-15** Accept Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 036-021-000
- **2021-06-15** Verified
- **2021-06-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-06-15** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto
- **2021-06-15** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Filed Accept Amendatory Veto Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2021-06-15** Amendatory Veto Motion - Motion Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Amendatory Veto Motion - Accept Motion Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16** Placed on Standard Debate
- **2021-06-16** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2021-06-16** Accept Amendatory Veto - House Passed 071-044-001
- **2021-06-16** Both Houses Accepted Amendatory Veto
- **2021-06-17** Returned to Governor for Certification
- **2021-06-17** Governor Certifies Changes
- **2021-06-17** Effective Date June 17, 2021; Some Provisions Effective July 1, 2021.
- **2021-06-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0017 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07725250-cb9d-4c73-aac9-53378501a29d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).