---
type: "Bill"
title: "GEOGRAPHIC INFO CNCL RE-ENACT"
description: "Re-enacts and amends the Illinois Geographic Information Council Act. The Act was created by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Includes validation provisions. Also makes revisory changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2952"
citation: "Illinois SB 2952 (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/8819fba8-acf9-4a7c-a918-b89ed8eb269e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2952&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=24069&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "00237f7647fd7e51067aa474a6e7040b28af3f4d70ebb9aba7115f4332d495f4"
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 2952 (94th) — GEOGRAPHIC INFO CNCL RE-ENACT

Re-enacts and amends the Illinois Geographic Information Council Act. The Act was created by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Includes validation provisions. Also makes revisory changes. 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=09400SB2952&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24069&DocNum=2952&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2952eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24069&DocNum=2952&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2952enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=24069&DocNum=2952&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Susan Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2006-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-01** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Do Pass State Government; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
- **2006-02-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 14, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2006-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-001 `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
- **2006-03-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
- **2006-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-04-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-05-02** 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 . . . . . . . . . 94-0961 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8819fba8-acf9-4a7c-a918-b89ed8eb269e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).