---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE FAIR-TECH"
description: "Amends the State Fair Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 3197"
citation: "Illinois SB 3197 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2004-02-06"
last_action: "2004-11-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03601972-36d4-4b85-91c9-b39189f6989e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3197&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=11182&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "41839b21026302f42d7f173de6281a3d7dbede2dc26cc0d442f824acc31ebf91"
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 3197 (93rd) — STATE FAIR-TECH

Amends the State Fair Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=09300SB3197&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=11182&DocNum=3197&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB3197eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=11182&DocNum=3197&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB3197enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=11182&DocNum=3197&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **30–27** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawrence M. Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Vince Demuzio `filing`
- **2004-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-26** Do Pass State Government; 005-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
- **2004-03-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2004-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 030-027-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- **2004-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-20** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2004-05-13** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2004-05-14** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-30** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule (b) May 31, 2004
- **2004-05-30** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2004-05-30** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 003-002-000
- **2004-05-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-05-30** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-31** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture and Conservation Committee
- **2004-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 30, 2004
- **2004-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture and Conservation Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-06-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-06-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-06-04** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2004-06-04** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01- June 9, 2004
- **2004-06-24** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
- **2004-06-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh `filing`
- **2004-06-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation; 007-000-000
- **2004-08-24** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur-Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b)-Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2004-11-09** Approved for Consideration Rules
- **2004-11-09** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-November 10, 2004
- **2004-11-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Rules
- **2004-11-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2004-11-10** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-11-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-11-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-11-23** Effective Date November 23, 2004
- **2004-11-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1055 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03601972-36d4-4b85-91c9-b39189f6989e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).