---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUDIT EXPENSE FUND TRANSFERS"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act. Requires the transfer of specified amounts from specified State funds to the Audit Expense Fund for the costs of auditing those funds. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4242"
citation: "Illinois HB 4242 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfe86b36-a31b-44fc-88e0-2da85b00a73f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4242&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=47117&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "43e8c5ee99607364f6bd5aafe2e540c301c12356471d75c593dbc3e5265c6a88"
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 HB 4242 (96th) — AUDIT EXPENSE FUND TRANSFERS

Amends the State Finance Act. Requires the transfer of specified amounts from specified State funds to the Audit Expense Fund for the costs of auditing those funds. Effective immediately.

## 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=09600HB4242&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47117&DocNum=4242&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4242eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47117&DocNum=4242&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4242enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=47117&DocNum=4242&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank J. Mautino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino `filing`
- **2009-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Deanna Demuzio
- **2009-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0476 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bfe86b36-a31b-44fc-88e0-2da85b00a73f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).