---
type: "Bill"
title: "CO-OPERATIVE ACT PURPOSE"
description: "Amends the Co-operative Act. Provides that a cooperative may be organized for the purpose of the shareholders operating a business without qualification regarding the type of business. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 5898"
citation: "Illinois HB 5898 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6b010dd-ecaa-4949-bc12-3090aa1123e1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5898&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95380&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "88f3d54f829291362db6680b609d41873c3d7de20fa6b2141306b4989656db47"
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 5898 (99th) — CO-OPERATIVE ACT PURPOSE

Amends the Co-operative Act. Provides that a cooperative may be organized for the purpose of the shareholders operating a business without qualification regarding the type of business. 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=09900HB5898&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95380&DocNum=5898&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5898eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95380&DocNum=5898&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5898enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95380&DocNum=5898&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna Moeller — primary (person)
- Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
- Mr. Dan McConchie — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Neil Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `filing`
- **2016-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-23** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
- **2016-04-12** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2016-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2016-04-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2016-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2016 `reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2016-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2016-05-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
- **2016-05-11** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2016
- **2016-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2016-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2016-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2016-05-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2016
- **2016-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2016-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
- **2016-05-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2016-05-27** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016
- **2016-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2016
- **2016-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0677 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6b010dd-ecaa-4949-bc12-3090aa1123e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).