---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAND ACQUISITION"
description: "Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Provides that land acquisition is included in the definition of \"project\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2424"
citation: "Illinois SB 2424 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abdelnasser Rashid", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-10"
last_action: "2023-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9257acec-22c0-46bd-91d8-340660c53c98"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2424&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=147324&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "4c526f1b4f73fde39b2973a91ce43982e279fee5b3bc0a980bcfa0fdcb12e715"
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 2424 (103rd) — LAND ACQUISITION

Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. Provides that land acquisition is included in the definition of "project". Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2424.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2424eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2424sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2424sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2424enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Transportation, Amendment 2 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- State Government Administration — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abdelnasser Rashid — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Brad Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Donald P. DeWitte — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `filing`
- **2023-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass Transportation; 015-000-000
- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Transportation
- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 015-000-000
- **2023-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Villivalam `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 23, 2023
- **2023-03-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
- **2023-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens
- **2023-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2023
- **2023-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0511 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9257acec-22c0-46bd-91d8-340660c53c98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).