---
type: "Bill"
title: "GRAIN CODE-ELECTRONIC CONTRACT"
description: "Amends the Grain Code. Requires the Department of Agriculture to prescribe or authorize price later contract forms in electronic document format. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 214"
citation: "Illinois SB 214 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8074666a-b018-4e92-944e-866cd67a6e8c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=214&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15355&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "799447bf785a9c6f0ed8f194f52e2183f69c7c8c8f2f419e575ece464c92e2c8"
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 214 (94th) — GRAIN CODE-ELECTRONIC CONTRACT

Amends the Grain Code. Requires the Department of Agriculture to prescribe or authorize price later contract forms in electronic document format. 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=09400SB0214&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15355&DocNum=214&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0214eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15355&DocNum=214&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0214enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15355&DocNum=214&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 17, 2005
- **2005-04-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2005
- **2005-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation
- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture & Conservation; 007-000-000
- **2005-04-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; J. Sullivan `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2005-04-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-05** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2005-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2005-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2005-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-17** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-06-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0054 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8074666a-b018-4e92-944e-866cd67a6e8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).