republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/91st/sb-331.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ILL EQUAL JUSTICE ACT"
description: "ILL EQUAL JUSTICE ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 331"
citation: "Illinois SB 331 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/087eee92-cff6-4bbe-a37e-5cf030f1cb70"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "786bd3444641afd712b11bb707783f0704d57a67bad718d3287555e263192307"
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 SB 331 (91st) — ILL EQUAL JUSTICE ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0331LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BELLOCK — cosponsor (person)
- DEL VALLE — cosponsor (person)
- GRANBERG — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- LINDNER — cosponsor (person)
- MCGUIRE — cosponsor (person)
- MCKEON — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE S
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 007-005-001 SEXC
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-16
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-17
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DEL VALLE
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-002-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR LINDNER
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GRANBERG
- **1999-04-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCGUIRE
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCKEON
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CIVIL LAW H
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-LINDNER
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-LINDNER
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-LINDNER
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 081-032-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/HAWKINSON
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/HAWKINSON
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SEXC
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/HAWKINSON
- **1999-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SEXC/012-000-000
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/HAWKINSON
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/059-000-000
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-17T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0584

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/087eee92-cff6-4bbe-a37e-5cf030f1cb70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).