---
type: "Bill"
title: "DCEO-ASSIST SMALL MANUFACTURER"
description: "Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall create and maintain a program that generates awareness among Illinois small manufacturers regarding opportunities to bid for work on federal, State, and local government contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1529"
citation: "Illinois HB 1529 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-10"
last_action: "2005-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b38fbf73-fa0f-47e5-b5c6-824b4fec0214"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1529&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16347&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "40e1ff4ddb6e853e2efc29dcccd4884def6aa50f70acffa862556499ec7fef7a"
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 1529 (94th) — DCEO-ASSIST SMALL MANUFACTURER

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall create and maintain a program that generates awareness among Illinois small manufacturers regarding opportunities to bid for work on federal, State, and local government contracts.

## 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=09400HB1529&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16347&DocNum=1529&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1529eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16347&DocNum=1529&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1529enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16347&DocNum=1529&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carolyn H. Krause — primary (person)
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carolyn H. Krause `filing`
- **2005-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Assigned to International Trade & Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate International Trade & Commerce Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2005-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2005-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2005-03-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
- **2005-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Commerce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-04-21** Do Pass Commerce & Economic Development; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0437 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b38fbf73-fa0f-47e5-b5c6-824b4fec0214`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).