---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION BONDS"
description: "Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Requires surety bonds on public construction projects by any political subdivision of the State costing over $50,000 (now, over $5,000). Makes surety bond requirements for any political subdivision of the State the same as those for the State. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 1404"
citation: "Illinois HB 1404 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2013-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31b1093b-fe95-402f-bb31-dc36f20cc954"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1404&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72142&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "e15e88a859f4d7f8e2a940a8f3eacbd51e6445c15364241d670b58ba059d6e99"
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 1404 (98th) — PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION BONDS

Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Requires surety bonds on public construction projects by any political subdivision of the State costing over $50,000 (now, over $5,000). Makes surety bond requirements for any political subdivision of the State the same as those for the State. Effective immediately.

## 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=09800HB1404&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72142&DocNum=1404&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1404eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72142&DocNum=1404&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1404enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72142&DocNum=1404&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **98–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John E. Bradley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley `filing`
- **2013-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-13** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-002-001 `committee-passage`
- **2013-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2013-03-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-011-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Daniel Biss
- **2013-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2013
- **2013-04-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 17, 2013
- **2013-05-14** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2013-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 052-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2013
- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0216 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31b1093b-fe95-402f-bb31-dc36f20cc954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).