---
type: "Bill"
title: "GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section defining \"economic opportunity\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1897"
citation: "Illinois SB 1897 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70429434-8435-4f5b-ae39-8d8928e043e1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1897&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=5017&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "25798c87798e48931ae79162d445801b8a97d581322aafd5be92d8b638aacade"
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 1897 (93rd) — GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS-TECH

Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section defining "economic opportunity".

## 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=09300SB1897&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=5017&DocNum=1897&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1897eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=5017&DocNum=1897&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1897enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=5017&DocNum=1897&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Vince Demuzio `filing`
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Executive; 008-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 19, 2003
- **2003-03-27** Verified
- **2003-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 032-016-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-02** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-14** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-14** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2003-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2003-06-01** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-13** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2004-05-24** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 31, 2004
- **2004-05-24** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2004-05-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
- **2004-05-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- **2004-05-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2004-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-28** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2004-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 29, 2004.
- **2004-05-31** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2004-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `filing`
- **2004-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Executive; 012-000-000
- **2004-06-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 048-000-000
- **2004-06-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-08** Effective Date July 8, 2004
- **2004-07-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0685 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70429434-8435-4f5b-ae39-8d8928e043e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).