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Bill	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION-TECH	Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 954	Illinois HB 954 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	48	3	2003-01-31	2003-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/6694f78e-ffdd-4536-b276-98fd224d5d7b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=954&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1412&SessionID=3&GA=93	f59697bef345f22ec6866d51de36567c51cf3c7ccef214183006634dd040428c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 954 (93rd) — FREEDOM OF INFORMATION-TECH

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 70–43 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• James H. Meyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-31 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan filing
• 2003-01-31 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2003-01-31 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2003-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-31 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-04 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
• 2003-03-31 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-31 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** reading-2
• 2003-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate **
• 2003-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-043-004 reading-3, passage
• 2003-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
• 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Miguel del Valle amendment-introduction
• 2003-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
• 2003-05-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-09 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2003-05-15 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. James H. Meyer
• 2003-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2003-05-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. James H. Meyer; Motion #1
• 2003-05-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Dunn
• 2003-05-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
• 2003-05-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2003-05-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2003-05-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
• 2003-05-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2003-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000
• 2003-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 115-000-000
• 2003-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-05 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-05 Effective Date August 5, 2003
• 2003-08-05 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0422 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6694f78e-ffdd-4536-b276-98fd224d5d7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).