---
type: "Bill"
title: "NONPROFIT CORP-CONSERVATION"
description: "Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that a not-for-profit corporation may be organized to do engineering for conservation purposes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Illinois SB 247 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lance Yednock", "Michael W. Halpin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe93d4a7-d3e2-4972-9c75-1bcf53a98b72"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=247&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143916&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "aa24338d42764cd03afc1baaf2112d9d086e253c4d8df1a99c064d5c749f12a9"
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 247 (103rd) — NONPROFIT CORP-CONSERVATION

Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that a not-for-profit corporation may be organized to do engineering for conservation purposes. Effective immediately.

## 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/SB/PDF/10300SB0247.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0247eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0247sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0247sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0247enr.pdf)

## Votes

- State Government Administration — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary, Amendment 2 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lance Yednock — primary (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — primary (person)
- Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley Fritts — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Gregg Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Joe C. Sosnowski — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Coffey, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Spain — cosponsor (person)
- Tony M. McCombie — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Weaver — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne A Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Halpin `filing`
- **2023-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2023-02-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2023-02-14** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2023-02-15** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Halpin `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Halpin `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2023
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Halpin `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Bunting
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2023-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
- **2023-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-10** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne A Rosenthal
- **2023-04-19** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2023-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2023
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0066 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe93d4a7-d3e2-4972-9c75-1bcf53a98b72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).