---
type: "Bill"
title: "MINORITY BUSINESS-GROSS SALES"
description: "MINORITY BUSINESS-GROSS SALES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 4444"
citation: "Illinois HB 4444 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2002-02-01T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-07-16T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8edfcbc-b3ce-4642-a6ad-d8a5fcab14b0"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "fc8d7387051a352e41dcbee18848d3fbf35a055f9d9617aa94d3903b093e16b1"
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 4444 (92nd) — MINORITY BUSINESS-GROSS SALES

## Version chain

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

1. **HB4444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB4444LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERNS — cosponsor (person)
- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- CURRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,LOU — cosponsor (person)
- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,ART — cosponsor (person)
- YOUNGE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2002-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-02-01T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **2002-02-14T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE STE GOV ADMIN `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO MULLIGAN
- **2002-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BERNS
- **2002-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CURRIE
- **2002-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,LOU
- **2002-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR TURNER,ART
- **2002-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HSGA
- **2002-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO BERNS
- **2002-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO MULLIGAN
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2002-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BERNS
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2002-04-04T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BERNS
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/004-000-000
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BERNS
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-04-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR YOUNGE
- **2002-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2002-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 02-04-10
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **2002-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2002-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 013-000-000 SEXC
- **2002-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 02-05-06
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 02-05-08
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2002-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-07-16
- **2002-07-16T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0670

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8edfcbc-b3ce-4642-a6ad-d8a5fcab14b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).