---
type: "Bill"
title: "SHORTHD REPORTERS-PYMT-SERV"
description: "SHORTHD REPORTERS-PYMT-SERV"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 891"
citation: "Illinois HB 891 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-24T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8b95c98-8956-4f30-b042-f3c246dcf6fc"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "bec2200b3b55fb8a75d10dbcb1555dcc8c58da5af3cb671ad2ba3fcf4f27195f"
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 HB 891 (90th) — SHORTHD REPORTERS-PYMT-SERV

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0891LV.html)

## Sponsors

- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- HANNIG — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1997-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HANNIG
- **1997-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REG & REG `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 023-000-000 HREG
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LICENSED ACT. `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SLIC
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-08
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-09
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-01
- **1997-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0295

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8b95c98-8956-4f30-b042-f3c246dcf6fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).