---
type: "Bill"
title: "IL FAMILY FARM SUPPORT ACT"
description: "IL FAMILY FARM SUPPORT ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Illinois SB 72 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-20T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/313f1833-dade-4675-85ad-9d14227cae03"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "4e403deec6ed288deb57b50864857531d2beddf35cc5a5c35d41b3317172c4d0"
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 72 (91st) — IL FAMILY FARM SUPPORT ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0072LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,BILL — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,RICHARD — cosponsor (person)
- REITZ — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC & CON `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-AGRICULTURE S
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SAGR
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-02-24
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** SPONSOR REMOVED SIEBEN
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO MYERS,J
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CHANGED TO SIEBEN
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-02-26
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BLACK
- **1999-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR REITZ
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MITCHELL,BILL
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRIC CONSERV `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 016-000-000 HAGC
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-20T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-20T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-07-20
- **1999-07-20T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0191

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/313f1833-dade-4675-85ad-9d14227cae03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).