---
type: "Bill"
title: "WELFARE REFORM-ACCOUNTABILITY"
description: "WELFARE REFORM-ACCOUNTABILITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 755"
citation: "Illinois SB 755 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-08T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8d21381-d64f-4633-9dea-ae4870ede38f"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "540b9f951e6f57e866a13aed37b2eaa3c835e7e0457b14cac477ec8cd9b3df40"
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 755 (90th) — WELFARE REFORM-ACCOUNTABILITY

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0755LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CURRIE — cosponsor (person)
- FANTIN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNER — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- PHELPS — cosponsor (person)
- SHAW — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,ART — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** TO SUBCOMMITTEE
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SPBH
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-OBAMA
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** -SMITH
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-19
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-OBAMA
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** -SMITH
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SPBH
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-OBAMA
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** -SMITH
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** BE ADOPTED SPBH/007-000-000
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-OBAMA
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** SMITH
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-20
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR CURRIE
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR TURNER,ART
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR PHELPS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED ZICKUS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED ZICKUS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE HUMAN SERVS
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HHSV
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY SA 1
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KENNER
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FANTIN
- **1997-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-08T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-08T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-08
- **1997-07-08T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0074

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8d21381-d64f-4633-9dea-ae4870ede38f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).