---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 778"
citation: "Illinois HB 778 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Omar Aquino", "Theresa Mah"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-06"
last_action: "2024-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21db7914-ed16-4393-85c0-1eb505c41082"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=778&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=142653&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "4f5accb1955c880dfa839fb7e7c55c91dc67b1f869a8c353d4f6fa64b9d954b2"
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 778 (103rd) — STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. 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/10300HB0778.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0778eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0778ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0778ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB0778enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Health Care Licenses, Amendment 2 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **106–1** (pass) · lower
- Health Care Licenses, Amendment 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Licensed Activities — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Omar Aquino — primary (person)
- Theresa Mah — primary (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- William E Hauter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06** 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`
- **2023-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-14** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2023-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-20** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2024-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2024-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
- **2024-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
- **2024-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2024-04-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2024-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** 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
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Re-referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-01** Re-assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2024-05-01** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2024-05-08** Do Pass Licensed Activities; 007-000-000
- **2024-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-17** Rule 2-10 Third Reading/Passage Deadline Established As May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-02** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0725 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21db7914-ed16-4393-85c0-1eb505c41082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).