---
type: "Bill"
title: "RACIAL AND ETHNIC IMPACT RSRCH"
description: "Amends the State Police Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Divisions of the Department and appointment of officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2271"
citation: "Illinois SB 2271 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df44ed8d-8d85-456a-a19d-a5974c741855"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2271&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58472&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "701ea3e261bf046c92ccdcc08b848ec45f8948b550415947c541aaa4f232e3ac"
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 2271 (97th) — RACIAL AND ETHNIC IMPACT RSRCH

Amends the State Police Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Divisions of the Department and appointment of officers.

## 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=09700SB2271&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58472&DocNum=2271&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2271eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58472&DocNum=2271&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2271enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58472&DocNum=2271&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2011-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 29, 2011
- **2011-04-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2011
- **2011-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
- **2011-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 007-000-000
- **2011-04-15** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Hunter `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2011-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2011-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2011-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2011-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. André M. Thapedi
- **2011-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2011
- **2011-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0433 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df44ed8d-8d85-456a-a19d-a5974c741855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).