---
type: "Bill"
title: "GO BOND ACT-REDUCTION-TECH"
description: "Amends the General Obligation Bond Act by reducing by $1 the total amount of General Obligation Bonds authorized under this Act. Effective July 1, 2004."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2263"
citation: "Illinois SB 2263 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2004-01-15"
last_action: "2004-10-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a517bc28-9ee4-4270-a181-ba78be2a1d52"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2263&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8142&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "5a87a8d0ef78a0dd59344a765d7e6fb7223a1d57016903d8ee0fc358365cdc86"
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 2263 (93rd) — GO BOND ACT-REDUCTION-TECH

Amends the General Obligation Bond Act by reducing by $1 the total amount of General Obligation Bonds authorized under this Act. Effective July 1, 2004.

## 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=09300SB2263&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8142&DocNum=2263&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2263eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8142&DocNum=2263&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2263enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=8142&DocNum=2263&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **30–28** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **102–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emil Jones, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr. `filing`
- **2004-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-01-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-26** Do Pass State Government; 005-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
- **2004-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 030-028-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- **2004-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2004-05-14** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) July 15, 2004
- **2004-07-13** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2004-07-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-07-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gary Hannig `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-07-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-07-13** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-07-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
- **2004-07-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-07-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-07-14** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2004-07-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-07-14** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2004-07-14** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-July 15, 2004
- **2004-07-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Emil Jones, Jr. `filing`
- **2004-07-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-19** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Executive; 012-000-000
- **2004-07-23** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2004-07-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 052-000-000
- **2004-07-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-08-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-10-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-10-15** Effective Date October 15, 2004
- **2004-10-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1046 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a517bc28-9ee4-4270-a181-ba78be2a1d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).