---
type: "Bill"
title: "DRILLING OPERATION-TECH"
description: "Amends the Drilling Operations Act. Makes technical changes in the Section concerning the short title of the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 1989"
citation: "Illinois SB 1989 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-25"
last_action: "2007-01-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93345358-e055-46b8-9b2f-53a07cbab3fc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1989&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=20420&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "f0075208f2ac5facecacdd72e80de96f7f274c225ae4146af483796f06c63748"
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 1989 (94th) — DRILLING OPERATION-TECH

Amends the Drilling Operations Act. Makes technical changes in the Section concerning the short title of the Act.

## 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=09400SB1989&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=20420&DocNum=1989&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1989eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=20420&DocNum=1989&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1989enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=20420&DocNum=1989&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary Forby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-25** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2005-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Assigned to Environment & Energy `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-10** Do Pass Environment & Energy; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Environment & Energy
- **2005-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Environment & Energy
- **2005-04-13** Third Reading - Passed; 039-018-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **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. Michael J. Madigan
- **2005-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-13** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-11-02** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) January 9, 2007
- **2006-11-02** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-11-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-11-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2006-11-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-11-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-11-15** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2006-11-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-11-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-11-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-11-21** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2006-11-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-November 28, 2006
- **2006-11-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2006-11-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-11-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Environment & Energy `referral-committee`
- **2006-11-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Environment & Energy; 011-000-000
- **2006-11-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 054-000-000
- **2006-11-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-12-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-01-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-01-19** Effective Date January 19, 2007
- **2007-01-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1085 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93345358-e055-46b8-9b2f-53a07cbab3fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).