---
type: "Bill"
title: "SUPPORT-DISCOVERY-EVIDENCE"
description: "SUPPORT-DISCOVERY-EVIDENCE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 2979"
citation: "Illinois HB 2979 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-11-30T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6621e8fc-c2c1-4e87-825e-491000b4ab14"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "e92537b85cef3cbd342f970adc15c8455a3e92ec7cc31d43c87d7fad878871e5"
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 2979 (91st) — SUPPORT-DISCOVERY-EVIDENCE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB2979LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BELLOCK — cosponsor (person)
- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,MONIQUE — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- HULTGREN — cosponsor (person)
- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- LINDNER — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,JOSEPH — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- MCCARTHY — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- OSTERMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-11-30T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-11-30T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-12-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN
- **1999-12-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH
- **2000-01-25T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO HULTGREN
- **2000-01-25T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO LINDNER
- **2000-01-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HAMOS
- **2000-01-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE
- **2000-01-26T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CHILD SUP ENF `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSTERMAN
- **2000-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 012-000-000 HCSE
- **2000-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 00-02-23
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCCARTHY
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SJUD
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-03-31
- **2000-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-04-04
- **2000-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-06-09
- **2000-06-09T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0767

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6621e8fc-c2c1-4e87-825e-491000b4ab14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).