---
type: "Bill"
title: "SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACT GRANTS"
description: "Creates the Small Business Contracts Act. Provides that not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State contracts shall be established as a goal to be awarded to small businesses. Provides for compliance plans and annual reports to help monitor the implementation of the 10% goal. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 3186"
citation: "Illinois HB 3186 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-23"
last_action: "2011-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/346f3f21-af8a-4873-af1f-966274ffb3f3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3186&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60550&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "e7c317e45182b65c7cba89f93526238e01305f6f66170ff484ab420a7c00e168"
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 3186 (97th) — SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACT GRANTS

Creates the Small Business Contracts Act. Provides that not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of State contracts shall be established as a goal to be awarded to small businesses. Provides for compliance plans and annual reports to help monitor the implementation of the 10% goal. 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=09700HB3186&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60550&DocNum=3186&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3186eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60550&DocNum=3186&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3186enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60550&DocNum=3186&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–12** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford `filing`
- **2011-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** Re-assigned to Small Business Empowerment & Workforce Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Small Business Empowerment & Workforce Development Committee
- **2011-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2011-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2011-03-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Small Business Empowerment & Workforce Development Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-16** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Small Business Empowerment & Workforce Development Committee; 013-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-012-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2011-03-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-03-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2011-03-30** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2011-03-31** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2011-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2011-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2011-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2011
- **2011-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0307 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/346f3f21-af8a-4873-af1f-966274ffb3f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).