---
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: "SB 685"
citation: "Illinois SB 685 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony DeLuca", "Patrick J. Joyce"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6901a4a0-1789-4e41-90fa-3ff030cf5739"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=685&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=144504&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "a4f95b7a9b5f135b1a31b448e15c33644b618d540067c2bd6dfcbeb7b36ac6b7"
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 685 (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/SB/PDF/10300SB0685.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0685eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0685sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0685enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government, Amendment 1 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Counties & Townships — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **76–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony DeLuca — primary (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — primary (person)
- Curtis J. Tarver, II — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie Haas — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Norma Hernandez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2023-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-02** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2023-03-28** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 010-000-000
- **2023-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Joyce `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2023-04-03** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-003-000
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2023-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jackie Haas
- **2023-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
- **2023-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez
- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 076-027-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0072 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6901a4a0-1789-4e41-90fa-3ff030cf5739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).