---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGRICULTR-VALUE ADDED GRANT"
description: "AGRICULTR-VALUE ADDED GRANT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 1897"
citation: "Illinois HB 1897 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d6b1bee-eaa7-4a8e-a05a-df48004ac4c3"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "73d2bd78ad937192a232cfa2c55924b0a346237c7c4d7fbcfceb4bf3a14ac619"
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 1897 (91st) — AGRICULTR-VALUE ADDED GRANT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB1897LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- BRUNSVOLD — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- JOHNSON,TIM — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- LAWFER — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,BILL — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,JERRY — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,RICHARD — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- POE — cosponsor (person)
- RUTHERFORD — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)
- SOMMER — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- WAIT — cosponsor (person)
- WINTERS — cosponsor (person)
- WIRSING — cosponsor (person)
- WOOLARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC CONSERV `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 017-000-000 HAGC
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR POE
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JOHNSON,TIM
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SOMMER
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,BILL
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOST
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WAIT
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TURNER,JOHN
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINTERS
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RUTHERFORD
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO MOFFITT
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO SMITH,MICHAEL
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO WOOLARD
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRUNSVOLD
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,JERRY
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LAWFER
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO BRUNSVOLD
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DONAHUE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-17
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **1999-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOMKE
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC & CON `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-AGRICULTURE S
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SAGR
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-05-06
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-13
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WIRSING
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/MYERS,RICHARD
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/115-000-000
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-17T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-14
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0560

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d6b1bee-eaa7-4a8e-a05a-df48004ac4c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).