---
type: "Bill"
title: "GAS REVENUE TAX ACT"
description: "GAS REVENUE TAX ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 946"
citation: "Illinois SB 946 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/672a2666-4d89-4d19-af07-9b20b6e7a0e0"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "1c6548abce7e87dfca0661a6f8c53dfd01502989d3a05bd65f1809f99b364a6b"
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 946 (91st) — GAS REVENUE TAX ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0946LV.html)

## Sponsors

- DEMUZIO — cosponsor (person)
- STEPHENS — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SREV
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-19
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-23
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DEMUZIO
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR STEPHENS
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE H
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 014-000-000 HEXC
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-STEPHENS
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-STEPHENS
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HEUD
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-STEPHENS
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HEUD/008-000-000
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-STEPHENS
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/WATSON
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/WATSON
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SREV
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/WATSON
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SREV/006-000-000
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/WATSON
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/058-000-000
- **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 00-01-01
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0596

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/672a2666-4d89-4d19-af07-9b20b6e7a0e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).