---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIGARETTE TAX-VARIOUS"
description: "CIGARETTE TAX-VARIOUS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 856"
citation: "Illinois SB 856 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-09T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7a56619-9f65-4407-9ca1-f4725d8d4d03"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "e5e69a99ca93e81eb1e594e6b0456543c90053aee80d2ce6cda28a5bed77664d"
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 856 (92nd) — CIGARETTE TAX-VARIOUS

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB0856LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CLAYBORNE — cosponsor (person)
- MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- PETERSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SREV
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-03-20
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CLAYBORNE
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-04-02
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PETERSON
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PETERSON
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-PETERSON
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-04-03
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 053-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE SPONSOR TENHOUSE
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO MOORE
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HREV
- **2001-05-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-14T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-09T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-09T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01
- **2001-08-09T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0322

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7a56619-9f65-4407-9ca1-f4725d8d4d03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).