---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Attorney General Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "Illinois HB 137 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-10"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a7f118a-b20f-4665-9f89-64fbc394a2ad"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=137&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=113959&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "b4b99aff4d966a94112f93ebb81d09b6b4515a4ebac38188f0a24108b72d82fc"
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 137 (101st) — STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Attorney General Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=10100HB0137&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113959&DocNum=137&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0137eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113959&DocNum=137&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0137enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113959&DocNum=137&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **70–39** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–15** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **71–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Hernandez — primary (person)
- Cristina Castro — primary (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-10** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `filing`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2019-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-09** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2019-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Energy & Environment Committee
- **2019-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 019-007-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2019-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-039-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2019-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Postponed - Transportation
- **2019-05-08** Postponed - Transportation
- **2019-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2019-05-10** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-15** Postponed - Transportation
- **2019-05-15** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Re-assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 24, 2019
- **2019-05-23** Do Pass Executive; 012-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 24, 2019
- **2019-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2019-05-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Castro `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 27, 2019
- **2019-05-24** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-28** Third Reading - Passed; 042-015-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2019-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2019-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Energy & Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Energy & Environment Committee; 016-007-000
- **2019-06-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 071-043-000
- **2019-06-01** House Concurs
- **2019-06-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date June 1, 2020
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0226 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a7f118a-b20f-4665-9f89-64fbc394a2ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).