republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-1698.md

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Bill	ACCESS TO JUSTICE FUND	Amends the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. Provides that "grantor agency" includes the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation when it makes grants under the Access to Justice Act or the Illinois Equal Justice Act. Amends the Access to Justice Act. Provides that grants or distributions made under the Act by (rather than to) the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation are subject to the requirements of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 1698	Illinois SB 1698 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Jay Hoffman Linda Holmes	6	66	4	2021-02-26	2022-12-08	openstates	ocd-bill/02f634eb-d0c4-4979-b89a-a9cec082aa44	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1698&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134334&SessionID=110&GA=102	535ed7124d3bcca347f53023dfcd2baa3b3583a3857781fa14cf9667885d3e90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1698 (102nd) — ACCESS TO JUSTICE FUND

Amends the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. Provides that "grantor agency" includes the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation when it makes grants under the Access to Justice Act or the Illinois Equal Justice Act. Amends the Access to Justice Act. Provides that grants or distributions made under the Act by (rather than to) the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation are subject to the requirements of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. House Amendment 003 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 45–8 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 3 — 45–8 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 95–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
• Linda Holmes — primary (person)
• Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
• Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
• Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Stadelman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Scott M. Bennett filing
• 2021-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2021-03-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
• 2021-03-12 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2021-03-22 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
• 2021-03-24 Do Pass State Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2021
• 2021-04-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 14, 2021
• 2021-04-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Assigned to Appropriations-General Services Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-15 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-11-29 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2022-11-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch amendment-introduction
• 2022-11-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-11-29 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2022-11-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Re-Referred to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2022-11-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-11-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-11-29 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-11-29 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-11-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2022-11-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman amendment-introduction
• 2022-11-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-11-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2022-11-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-12-01 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman amendment-introduction
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-12-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2022-12-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-12-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-12-01 3/5 Vote Required
• 2022-12-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-008-002 passage, reading-3
• 2022-12-01 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3
• 2022-12-01 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2, 3 - December 1, 2022
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Linda Holmes filing
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Linda Holmes filing
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 3/5 Vote Required
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 045-008-000
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 3/5 Vote Required
• 2022-12-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 045-008-000
• 2022-12-01 Senate Concurs
• 2022-12-01 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-12-01 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
• 2022-12-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
• 2022-12-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
• 2022-12-07 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-12-08 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-12-08 Effective Date January 1, 2023
• 2022-12-08 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1105 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02f634eb-d0c4-4979-b89a-a9cec082aa44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).