---
type: "Bill"
title: "$DOR"
description: "Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Revenue for its FY23 ordinary and contingent expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Illinois SB 251 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elgie R. Sims, Jr.", "Jehan Gordon-Booth"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2024-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79df0914-3983-420b-bbfd-c9e2c04a58f6"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=251&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=143920&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "8c538d784fd9e097a38393760ca7ef81ce5d979876f891acdcb964134a0d951f"
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 251 (103rd) — $DOR

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Revenue for its FY23 ordinary and contingent expenses.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Appropriations — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–21** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **65–45** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **8–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jehan Gordon-Booth — primary (person)
- Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2023-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-23** Assigned to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Do Pass Appropriations; 009-004-000
- **2023-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
- **2023-06-26** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-21** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2024-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2024
- **2024-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2024-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2024-05-26** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Sims `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2024-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 038-021-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-05-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-05-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
- **2024-05-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-26** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-26** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2024-05-28** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2024
- **2024-05-28** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Executive Committee; Rep. Kam Buckner
- **2024-05-28** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 070-038-000
- **2024-05-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 008-004-000
- **2024-05-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-28** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 065-045-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2024-06-03** Motion Withdrawn Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2024-06-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-05** Effective Date June 5, 2024; ; Some Provisions
- **2024-06-05** Effective Date July 1, 2024; ; Some Provisions
- **2024-06-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0589 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79df0914-3983-420b-bbfd-c9e2c04a58f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).