---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TX-HISTORICAL SOCIETY"
description: "PROP TX-HISTORICAL SOCIETY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "Illinois HB 578 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/847635d8-00b0-44c0-9d4e-a38c82ed4b23"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "65fd2832813f97fea1f62aa63c99a4e60b0443a0bae14c8221e6ba05c3b83844"
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 578 (91st) — PROP TX-HISTORICAL SOCIETY

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0578** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0578LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- RAUSCHENBERGER — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH,MICHAEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 008-000-000 HREV
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-17
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR RAUSCHENBERGER
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SREV
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-05-07
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-13
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-06
- **1999-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0416

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/847635d8-00b0-44c0-9d4e-a38c82ed4b23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).