---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE FACILITY CLOSURE"
description: "Amends the State Facilities Closure Act. Provides that the Act applies to all State facilities (now, a facility must be the primary work station for 25 or more State employees)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 1959"
citation: "Illinois SB 1959 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-25"
last_action: "2007-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e284ff3-e072-45fa-a9d6-056e7fb97038"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1959&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=20386&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "eaecda8e7b6eb96cf6bb3934ffa6af189cec0dc0151bf299eac29a32684296cc"
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 1959 (94th) — STATE FACILITY CLOSURE

Amends the State Facilities Closure Act. Provides that the Act applies to all State facilities (now, a facility must be the primary work station for 25 or more State employees).

## 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=09400SB1959&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=20386&DocNum=1959&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1959eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=20386&DocNum=1959&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1959enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=20386&DocNum=1959&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Careen M Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-25** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `filing`
- **2005-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-13** Third Reading - Passed; 055-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-13** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-13** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-04-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2005-04-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2005-05-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2005-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2005-05-13** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-07** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) January 9, 2007
- **2007-01-07** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-07** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2007-01-07** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2007-01-07** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2007-01-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-01-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `amendment-passage`
- **2007-01-07** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-01-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-01-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-01-07** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-01-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-01-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-01-09** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2007-01-09** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2007-01-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `filing`
- **2007-01-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2007-01-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government; 009-000-000
- **2007-01-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 051-000-000
- **2007-01-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-01-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-02-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-02-16** Effective Date February 16, 2007
- **2007-02-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1107 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e284ff3-e072-45fa-a9d6-056e7fb97038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).