---
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: "SB 2827"
citation: "Illinois SB 2827 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-20"
last_action: "2006-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0188b983-137a-47c3-8b22-0b437976d4fb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2827&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23930&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "4913ac3a7e486e32b6eb64d8128f0be5cea473f06fe29786ebc7973b7e25e1e2"
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 2827 (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=09400SB2827&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23930&DocNum=2827&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2827eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23930&DocNum=2827&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2827enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23930&DocNum=2827&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `filing`
- **2006-01-20** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen
- **2006-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006
- **2006-02-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2006
- **2006-02-24** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino
- **2006-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-29** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2006-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-27** Effective Date June 27, 2006
- **2006-06-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0958 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0188b983-137a-47c3-8b22-0b437976d4fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).