---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELEC CD-POLITICAL COMMITTEES"
description: "Amends the Election Code. Redefines State and local political committees to include a person or group that takes action necessary under State law to attempt to qualify for placement of a name or public question on the ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2190"
citation: "Illinois SB 2190 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53dad05c-9f65-4e4e-bcb4-2ebba925a88d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2190&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=36058&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "77249853287ce3e140c18ba5eeaaa65875bd503122b615edcf58b81a24fdeeab"
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 2190 (95th) — ELEC CD-POLITICAL COMMITTEES

Amends the Election Code. Redefines State and local political committees to include a person or group that takes action necessary under State law to attempt to qualify for placement of a name or public question on the ballot.

## 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=09500SB2190&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36058&DocNum=2190&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2190eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36058&DocNum=2190&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2190enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=36058&DocNum=2190&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **98–0** (fail) · lower
- Motion — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry Link — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `filing`
- **2008-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-20** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-28** Held in Local Government
- **2008-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2008-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2008-03-06** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2008
- **2008-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2008
- **2008-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2008-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-19** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-19** Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2008-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-29** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2008-09-22** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto September 22, 2008
- **2008-09-22** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Terry Link
- **2008-09-22** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2008-09-22** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 055-000-000
- **2008-09-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-09-22** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto September 23, 2008
- **2008-09-23** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2008-09-23** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2008-09-23** Override Amendatory Veto - House Passed 098-000-000
- **2008-09-23** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
- **2008-09-25** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-09-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0963 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53dad05c-9f65-4e4e-bcb4-2ebba925a88d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).