---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTIONS-TECH"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning expenses of conducting a primary election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 599"
citation: "Illinois SB 599 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-18"
last_action: "2005-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c63e5bec-eab6-4207-afb1-9341cff2114a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=599&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17597&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "a44314648b529ec9e61ab7c6d6a2d4186d6f85692e79523bfe1c1f2d6d2eaa2e"
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 599 (94th) — ELECTIONS-TECH

Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning expenses of conducting a primary election.

## 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=09400SB0599&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17597&DocNum=599&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0599eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17597&DocNum=599&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0599enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17597&DocNum=599&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wendell E. Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2005-02-18** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2005-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Do Pass Local Government; 006-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Wendell E. Jones
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Wendell E. Jones `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2005-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-12** Sponsor Removed Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 010-000-000
- **2005-04-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; W. Jones `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2005-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-13** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-16** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-17** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2005-05-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-18** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-23** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2005-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 24, 2005.
- **2005-05-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Wendell E. Jones `filing`
- **2005-05-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 006-000-000
- **2005-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2005-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-12** Effective Date August 12, 2005
- **2005-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0578 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c63e5bec-eab6-4207-afb1-9341cff2114a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).