---
type: "Bill"
title: "ST FINANCE-AUDIT EXPENSE FUND"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act. Provides for the transfer of specified amounts from various special funds in the State treasury to the Audit Expense Fund. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 3576"
citation: "Illinois HB 3576 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-24"
last_action: "2005-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33c4130d-c18b-4fbc-b2d4-888a4b649c3c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3576&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=19975&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "b1097e65c55d0eaab0d5a89af793c1af2902129160d669bc70b977fb87992ab1"
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 3576 (94th) — ST FINANCE-AUDIT EXPENSE FUND

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides for the transfer of specified amounts from various special funds in the State treasury to the Audit Expense Fund. 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=09400HB3576&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19975&DocNum=3576&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3576eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19975&DocNum=3576&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3576enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19975&DocNum=3576&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank J. Mautino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino `filing`
- **2005-02-24** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-28** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2005-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2005-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 057-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-08** Effective Date August 8, 2005
- **2005-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0505 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33c4130d-c18b-4fbc-b2d4-888a4b649c3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).