---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Local Government Travel Expense Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 478"
citation: "Illinois HB 478 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar", "Mike Porfirio"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb93c015-c651-4ffd-a4c4-ba47ba0bbb7c"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=478&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=142311&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "fa4442e8653a46fd8433933efa105a7c5dfa57a4db74f88a43d82ecddbad0d7d"
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 478 (103rd) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Local Government Travel Expense Control 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](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0478.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0478eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0478ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0478enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–1** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive, Amendment 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar — primary (person)
- Mike Porfirio — primary (person)
- Aarón M. Ortíz — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Cyril Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Cabello — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Meg Loughran Cappel — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Faraci — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch `filing`
- **2023-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-23** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-16** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-16** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
- **2024-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2024-04-17** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2024-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
- **2024-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2024-04-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2024-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-19** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-07** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-08** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Mike Porfirio
- **2024-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2024-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2024-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2024-05-10** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2024
- **2024-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
- **2024-05-15** Do Pass Executive; 010-002-000
- **2024-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2024
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2024
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0791 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb93c015-c651-4ffd-a4c4-ba47ba0bbb7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).