---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the Department on Aging."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 776"
citation: "Illinois SB 776 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96ced3b-37d5-40e7-a107-089f48a832a9"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=776&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28744&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "d71f5cc08f716ee6e42088a0ca9b01468fe5298b654f4f38eba635ed35886f0c"
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 776 (95th) — STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Makes a technical change in a Section creating the Department on Aging.

## 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=09500SB0776&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28744&DocNum=776&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0776eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28744&DocNum=776&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0776enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28744&DocNum=776&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kwame Raoul — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio `filing`
- **2007-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Executive; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services
- **2007-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Human Services; 009-000-000
- **2007-03-28** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2007-03-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2007-03-30** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Raoul `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-03-30** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2007-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2007-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2007
- **2007-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0062 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d96ced3b-37d5-40e7-a107-089f48a832a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).