---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Salaries Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 598"
citation: "Illinois HB 598 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Celina Villanueva", "Curtis J. Tarver, II"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-17"
last_action: "2026-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53b7cb6b-83c3-4d42-a7d7-36068fcdba93"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=598&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=156276&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "2f64be903f75fe51f0ea94bfa73121d2231adba16b945ceba193a1310c6cb5ac"
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 598 (104th) — GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Salaries 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://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0598.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0598eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0598ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0598ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB0598enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **81–22** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Revenue & Finance, Amendment 2 — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Revenue & Finance, Amendment 1 — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Celina Villanueva — primary (person)
- Curtis J. Tarver, II — primary (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janet Yang Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Fine — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Maura Hirschauer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-17** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch `filing`
- **2025-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 31, 2025
- **2025-05-31** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
- **2026-02-20** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 003-002-000
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2026-02-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
- **2026-02-23** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2026-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II `amendment-introduction`
- **2026-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2026-02-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Revenue & Finance Committee
- **2026-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Revenue & Finance Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Revenue & Finance Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2026-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2026-02-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-022-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2026-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2026-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- **2026-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2026-02-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
- **2026-02-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2026-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2026-02-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Celina Villanueva
- **2026-02-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2026-02-25** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2026-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2026-02-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2026-02-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2026-02-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2026-02-26** Third Reading - Passed; 043-007-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2026-02-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
- **2026-02-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2026-02-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2026-02-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2026-02-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-27** Effective Date February 27, 2026
- **2026-02-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0460 `became-law`
- **2026-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53b7cb6b-83c3-4d42-a7d7-36068fcdba93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).