---
type: "Bill"
title: "RURAL TRANSITION PROGRAM"
description: "Amends the County Cooperative Extension Law. Provides that the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Illinois may (was shall) establish a Rural Transition program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 813"
citation: "Illinois SB 813 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-05"
last_action: "2015-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8ad9397-6a6a-4997-a91f-a00dc6ab3703"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=813&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=86142&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "b4f0eb11d13a1b7c0006b6e5a106f3d646ea88e887247b0f69a8ca02da399695"
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 813 (99th) — RURAL TRANSITION PROGRAM

Amends the County Cooperative Extension Law. Provides that the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Illinois may (was shall) establish a Rural Transition program.

## 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=09900SB0813&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86142&DocNum=813&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0813eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86142&DocNum=813&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0813enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=86142&DocNum=813&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2015-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-17** Assigned to Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Do Pass Agriculture; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 24, 2015
- **2015-03-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2015
- **2015-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-08** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
- **2015-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-07-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-10** Effective Date January 1, 2016
- **2015-07-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0027 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8ad9397-6a6a-4997-a91f-a00dc6ab3703`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).