---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOT-TOURIST BUSINESS SIGNS"
description: "DOT-TOURIST BUSINESS SIGNS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 798"
citation: "Illinois SB 798 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f21ffe02-615e-42ac-ba87-7abcd36447ae"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7a12d5a4e86b2683b4729b392d00d58947fd2986f5b6fe6121a0af75b7345167"
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 798 (90th) — DOT-TOURIST BUSINESS SIGNS

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0798** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0798LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- FAWELL — cosponsor (person)
- HARTKE — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- LUECHTEFELD — 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 TRANSPORTN `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 STRN
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-13
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR LUECHTEFELD
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-18
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR HARTKE
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE TRANSPORAT'N `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 021-000-000 HTRN
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED WAIT
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED WAIT
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **1997-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQST-WITHDRN WAIT
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS INTRODUCED
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** IN THE HOUSE.
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-30
- **1997-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0272

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f21ffe02-615e-42ac-ba87-7abcd36447ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).