---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TASK FORC"
description: "Amends the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force Act. Requires the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before December 31, 2024 (rather than July 1, 2024)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3174"
citation: "Illinois SB 3174 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Koehler", "Debbie Meyers-Martin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f87f2fd1-5ef2-44be-846e-306f64549a62"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3174&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152444&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "5f57189b0f7cbd3015c30179e03481cf86c91c98078104e5b2914c8638adef3f"
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 3174 (103rd) — UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TASK FORC

Amends the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force Act. Requires the Task Force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before December 31, 2024 (rather than July 1, 2024).

## 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/10300SB3174.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3174eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3174enr.pdf)

## Votes

- State Government Administration — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- State Government — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — primary (person)
- Jil Tracy — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `filing`
- **2024-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-14** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000
- **2024-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2024-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2024-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0637 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f87f2fd1-5ef2-44be-846e-306f64549a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).