---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Professional Regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1656"
citation: "Illinois HB 1656 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-14"
last_action: "2005-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f930dbc0-db63-44cf-80e7-6c83c42975a5"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1656&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16477&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "0da02c7ee685f14530e9235a73c021721cca68aedc6485bcfe1181bb64bb82d3"
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 1656 (94th) — STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Professional Regulation.

## 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=09400HB1656&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16477&DocNum=1656&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1656eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16477&DocNum=1656&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1656enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16477&DocNum=1656&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George Scully, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `filing`
- **2005-02-14** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Gary Hannig `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-07** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Gary Hannig
- **2005-04-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-08** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
- **2005-04-11** House Amendment No. 1 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. George Scully
- **2005-04-11** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. George Scully, Jr.
- **2005-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 15, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2005-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-21** Effective Date July 21, 2005
- **2005-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0295 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f930dbc0-db63-44cf-80e7-6c83c42975a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).