---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the deposit of books, bills, documents, and papers with the Secretary of State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 778"
citation: "Illinois SB 778 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48474302-71d5-4de9-b0dc-39925f96c66c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=778&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28747&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "10d0514e260d6873d53f0a1a5943a9d3e2ddd61dfb61ca05c5e94619cf6e24e8"
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 778 (95th) — STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the deposit of books, bills, documents, and papers with the Secretary of State.

## 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=09500SB0778&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28747&DocNum=778&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0778eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28747&DocNum=778&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0778enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28747&DocNum=778&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **91–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael Bond — 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
- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Bond `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2007-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-000-000
- **2007-05-18** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael Bond
- **2007-05-18** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Bond `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2007-05-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-25** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007
- **2007-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-29** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-31** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-31** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
- **2007-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
- **2007-06-05** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-06** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Withdrawn by Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2007-06-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-06-06** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-06-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-011-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-06-06** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2007-06-06** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - June 7, 2007
- **2007-06-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael Bond `filing`
- **2007-06-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
- **2007-06-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-06-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 051-000-000
- **2007-06-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-07-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-09-25** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-25** Effective Date September 25, 2007
- **2007-09-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0631 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48474302-71d5-4de9-b0dc-39925f96c66c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).