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Bill	ELEC CD-COMMITTEE FUNDS	Amends the Election Code. Provides that political committee funds may be used for certain child care or dependent elder home care expenses that are necessary for the fulfillment of political, governmental, or public policy duties, activities, or purposes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 536	Illinois SB 536 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Don Harmon Katie Stuart	6	71	3	2021-02-23	2021-11-15	openstates	ocd-bill/818515bf-8b93-4e51-9b21-01bd76b12215	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=536&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133123&SessionID=110&GA=102	d23c6db29e16a63f897734d80df020e3cd5c841301ae1bbcde9c14100622f13f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 536 (102nd) — ELEC CD-COMMITTEE FUNDS

Amends the Election Code. Provides that political committee funds may be used for certain child care or dependent elder home care expenses that are necessary for the fulfillment of political, governmental, or public policy duties, activities, or purposes. 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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence — 41–17 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 41–17 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 47–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)
• Katie Stuart — primary (person)
• Ann Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
• Celina Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Cristina Castro — cosponsor (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• John Connor — cosponsor (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
• Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
• Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
• Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
• Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-23 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush filing
• 2021-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Do Pass Executive; 014-001-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2021
• 2021-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Melinda Bush amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2021-04-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 016-000-000
• 2021-04-20 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2021-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Bush amendment-passage
• 2021-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2021
• 2021-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
• 2021-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
• 2021-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
• 2021-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
• 2021-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
• 2021-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
• 2021-04-21 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
• 2021-04-22 Third Reading - Passed; 047-008-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
• 2021-04-22 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2021-04-22 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva
• 2021-04-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2021-04-23 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
• 2021-04-23 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Ethics & Elections Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-15 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-10-14 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2021-10-18 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray amendment-introduction
• 2021-10-18 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-10-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2021-10-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-10-20 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 009-006-000 committee-passage
• 2021-10-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-10-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-10-20 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-10-25 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2021-10-28 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart amendment-introduction
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-10-28 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Ethics & Elections Committee
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Ethics & Elections Committee; 011-005-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-10-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-10-28 3/5 Vote Required
• 2021-10-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-042-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-10-28 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2
• 2021-10-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - October 28, 2021
• 2021-10-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2021-10-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-10-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2021-10-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 3/5 Vote Required
• 2021-10-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 041-017-000
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 3/5 Vote Required
• 2021-10-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 041-017-000
• 2021-10-28 Senate Concurs
• 2021-10-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-11-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-11-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-11-15 Effective Date November 15, 2021
• 2021-11-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0668 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/818515bf-8b93-4e51-9b21-01bd76b12215. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).