---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Secretary of State Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the oath of office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 622"
citation: "Illinois SB 622 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-18"
last_action: "2006-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b5481c0-dda7-4fc8-891f-a401ce6f0aac"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=622&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17625&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "8d873f5087a22126b1bf05894c230ad9713346b112f7db136102a9182061e551"
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 622 (94th) — STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Secretary of State Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the oath of office.

## 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=09400SB0622&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17625&DocNum=622&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0622eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17625&DocNum=622&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0622enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17625&DocNum=622&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Flynn Currie — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah L. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Esther Golar — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `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 State Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Do Pass State Government; 005-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 13, 2005
- **2005-04-15** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005 `reading-3`
- **2005-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government
- **2005-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - State Government
- **2005-05-26** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2005-07-01** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-07-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules; 3-9(b) `referral-committee`
- **2005-10-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-11-04** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to January 9, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2006-03-28** Approved for Consideration Rules
- **2006-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2006
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2006-03-29** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2006-04-04** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Collins `amendment-passage`
- **2006-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2006-04-04** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2006-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-04-04** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
- **2006-04-04** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2006-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-04-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-04-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2006-04-12** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-04-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 30, 2006
- **2006-04-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-04-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-04-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-04-19** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-04-30** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 5, 2006
- **2006-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2006-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2006-05-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-06** Effective Date June 6, 2006
- **2006-06-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0837 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b5481c0-dda7-4fc8-891f-a401ce6f0aac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).