republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/90th/hb-3556.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNIFIED CONTRACTOR LICENSE"
description: "UNIFIED CONTRACTOR LICENSE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 3556"
citation: "Illinois HB 3556 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-02-17T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/004d3ce5-9153-4288-afa7-6cc052b42606"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "582ef41a74d92883b5926aa58ff03699d053092ff97dcce64fae1a0f5bb12c1b"
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 3556 (90th) — UNIFIED CONTRACTOR LICENSE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB3556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB3556LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- DUDYCZ — cosponsor (person)
- GIGLIO — cosponsor (person)
- HASSERT — cosponsor (person)
- O'BRIEN — cosponsor (person)
- WEAVER,S — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1998-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOVT `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LOCAL GOVT H
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 016-000-000 HLGV
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED BLACK
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE RQSTD AS AMENDED BLACK
- **1998-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOLAND
- **1998-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HASSERT
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-GIGLIO
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-GIGLIO
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED BY #2/BLACK
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE RQSTD AS AMENDED BY #2/BLACK
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** HOME RULE NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED BY #2/BLACK
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1998-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 107-009-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 98-04-21
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DUDYCZ
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WEAVER,S
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-04-02T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SEXC
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-05-07
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-05-12
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-11T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-08-07
- **1998-08-07T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0712

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/004d3ce5-9153-4288-afa7-6cc052b42606`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).