republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/sb-232.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC AID COMMITTEE-IMMUNITY"
description: "Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the members of each Public Aid Committee and the members of the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee are immune from personal liability in connection with their service on the committee to the same extent as an elected or appointed judge in this State is immune from personal liability in connection with the performance of his or her duties as judge. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Illinois SB 232 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6895b15-4d65-479c-aaf6-5746fd0ffca7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=232&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15377&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "70b1b23f5b38926dfd05ef878b0d937f82ba102d5599541e5c69dbc79df6c839"
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 232 (94th) — PUBLIC AID COMMITTEE-IMMUNITY

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the members of each Public Aid Committee and the members of the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee are immune from personal liability in connection with their service on the committee to the same extent as an elected or appointed judge in this State is immune from personal liability in connection with the performance of his or her duties as judge. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0232&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15377&DocNum=232&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0232eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15377&DocNum=232&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0232enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15377&DocNum=232&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Louis S. Viverito — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Louis S. Viverito `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2005
- **2005-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-10** Re-assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-10** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2005
- **2005-05-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-05-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-05-17** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2005-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 23, 2005.
- **2005-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Louis S. Viverito `filing`
- **2005-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 008-000-000
- **2005-05-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000
- **2005-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2005
- **2005-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0524 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6895b15-4d65-479c-aaf6-5746fd0ffca7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).