---
type: "Bill"
title: "SOS MERIT EMPLOYMENT-HEARING"
description: "Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "Illinois SB 119 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-23"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82f8b8b3-54ba-45ea-ac19-dbb46b313b4f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=119&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=69417&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "249164dfb72feec5a52c7f4662ccb750520a6ec0e8d5db39be3d5272f8193d57"
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 119 (98th) — SOS MERIT EMPLOYMENT-HEARING

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=09800SB0119&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=69417&DocNum=119&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB0119eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=69417&DocNum=119&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB0119enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=69417&DocNum=119&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael E. Hastings — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-23** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2013-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
- **2013-04-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2013
- **2013-04-16** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-19** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2014-03-19** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2014-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2014
- **2014-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2014-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000
- **2014-04-01** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Hastings `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2014
- **2014-04-03** Third Reading - Passed; 044-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2014-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-01** Effective Date August 1, 2014
- **2014-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0810 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82f8b8b3-54ba-45ea-ac19-dbb46b313b4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).