---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Governor Succession Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the line of succession for the office of Governor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 624"
citation: "Illinois SB 624 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-18"
last_action: "2006-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/022268ff-7853-4a52-9f85-d25466a3444e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=624&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17627&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "dbb14ee577940ad8c8b8f14a9e34463758aeb90452b39d245f7392084aadadce"
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 624 (94th) — STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Governor Succession Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the line of succession for the office of Governor.

## 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=09400SB0624&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17627&DocNum=624&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0624eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17627&DocNum=624&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0624enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17627&DocNum=624&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard J. Winkel, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2005-02-18** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2005-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-17** Do Pass State Government; 005-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 6, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 13, 2005
- **2005-04-15** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005 `reading-3`
- **2005-07-01** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-11-04** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to January 9, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2006-03-28** Approved for Consideration Rules
- **2006-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2006
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr. `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation
- **2006-03-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 008-001-000
- **2006-03-29** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr.
- **2006-04-04** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-04-04** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Winkel `amendment-passage`
- **2006-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2006-04-04** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-04-04** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-04-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-04-04** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
- **2006-04-04** Chief House Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2006-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-04-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-04-10** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 13, 2006
- **2006-04-10** Assigned to Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-04-13** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 30, 2006
- **2006-04-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Transportation and Motor Vehicles Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-04-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-04-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-04-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2006-04-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-000-005 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-04-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-07-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-07-18** Effective Date July 1, 2007
- **2006-07-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-1035 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/022268ff-7853-4a52-9f85-d25466a3444e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).