---
type: "Bill"
title: "GENDER-NEUTRAL STATUTES COMMSN"
description: "Creates the Gender-Neutral Statutes Commission Act. Creates the Gender-Neutral Statutes Commission, to consist of one member appointed by each of the Legislative Leaders. Directs the Commission to study the fiscal impact and other consequences of undertaking a comprehensive effort to make the Illinois Compiled Statutes gender neutral. Directs the Commission to report its findings by January 15, 2004. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 3285"
citation: "Illinois HB 3285 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-27"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17f6737-e8c8-4e67-b9bb-6159c358b92c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3285&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5862&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "0610ac656ee01f57b822c65e27d1aa9b5bd5feb5c77f272acdc3445af3d48dbd"
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 3285 (93rd) — GENDER-NEUTRAL STATUTES COMMSN

Creates the Gender-Neutral Statutes Commission Act. Creates the Gender-Neutral Statutes Commission, to consist of one member appointed by each of the Legislative Leaders. Directs the Commission to study the fiscal impact and other consequences of undertaking a comprehensive effort to make the Illinois Compiled Statutes gender neutral. Directs the Commission to report its findings by January 15, 2004. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3285&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5862&DocNum=3285&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3285eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5862&DocNum=3285&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3285enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5862&DocNum=3285&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe `filing`
- **2003-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-28** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
- **2003-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2003-03-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2003-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Executive; 010-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-24** Effective Date July 24, 2003
- **2003-07-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0350 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d17f6737-e8c8-4e67-b9bb-6159c358b92c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).