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Bill	WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION-TECH	Creates the Whistleblower Protection Act. Contains a short title only.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 1785	Illinois SB 1785 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	43	3	2003-02-20	2003-08-21	openstates	ocd-bill/91ffd0fb-7dad-4c19-9dc9-f6611e499538	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1785&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=5133&SessionID=3&GA=93	be4c3c8a52f392d0bc5ef173b83a4de0d4807b9b11093edd965600006bb139de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1785 (93rd) — WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION-TECH

Creates the Whistleblower Protection Act. Contains a short title only.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–1 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2003-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-05 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-03-13 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
• 2003-03-18 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2003-03-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2003-03-21 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
• 2003-03-21 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2003-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-29 Re-assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-02 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-05-08 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-22 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2003-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 23, 2003
• 2003-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2003-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 006-000-000
• 2003-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000
• 2003-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-21 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0579 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91ffd0fb-7dad-4c19-9dc9-f6611e499538. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).