---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOX WATERWAY AGENCY-DIRECTOR"
description: "Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a county board's use of tax moneys."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2993"
citation: "Illinois SB 2993 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/057e075f-8635-454f-b61d-09d6e846626c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2993&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63897&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "faed8443dd7d41d2101ae5309f2a7ffefaad6d65b1db03dac267266739c3bc70"
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 2993 (97th) — FOX WATERWAY AGENCY-DIRECTOR

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a county board's use of tax moneys.

## 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=09700SB2993&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63897&DocNum=2993&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2993eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63897&DocNum=2993&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2993enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63897&DocNum=2993&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **99–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-01** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `filing`
- **2012-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-01** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-08** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
- **2012-03-15** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2012-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2012-03-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 006-000-000
- **2012-03-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Althoff `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2012
- **2012-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2012-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2012-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-30** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-30** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2012-04-16** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2013
- **2012-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0943 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/057e075f-8635-454f-b61d-09d6e846626c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).