---
type: "Bill"
title: "$COURT OF CLAIMS-TECH"
description: "Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Court of Claims for its FY12 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 124"
citation: "Illinois HB 124 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-01-13"
last_action: "2011-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6836500-546a-4ab9-a984-c563a54827e1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=124&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54684&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "8a3cc930c4322dac854ee27453bdf7e9dce701863e5f13f3f7c3a2303d47e028"
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 124 (97th) — $COURT OF CLAIMS-TECH

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Court of Claims for its FY12 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB0124.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB0124eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB0124enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **34–25** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **82–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Madigan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `filing`
- **2011-01-13** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2011-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-08** Assigned to Appropriations-General Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-General Services Committee
- **2011-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Appropriations-General Services Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Appropriations-General Services Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 5 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 5 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 5 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2011-05-13** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 5 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-026-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-13** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-05-13** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 16, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-05-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2011-05-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-19** Assigned to Appropriations II `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2011-05-28** Held in Appropriations II
- **2011-05-29** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-29** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2011-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 29, 2011
- **2011-05-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 30, 2011
- **2011-05-30** Third Reading - Passed; 034-025-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-30** Effective Date July 1, 2011
- **2011-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0057 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6836500-546a-4ab9-a984-c563a54827e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).