republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/sb-2951.md

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Bill	VALIDATE 88-699 RESEARCH PARK	Validates actions taken under the Illinois Research Park Authority Act (now repealed). That Act was created by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Affirms obligations arising under any bonds issued or contracts made under powers purportedly derived directly or indirectly from the Illinois Research Park Authority Act. Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act to explicitly authorize the exercise of functions purportedly transferred from the Illinois Research Park Authority to the Illinois Finance Authority. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 2951	Illinois SB 2951 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2006-01-20	2006-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/db419e49-5d14-4dc7-9aab-94e52f22e493	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2951&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=24068&SessionID=50&GA=94	b17335e7d9ed0f1721decbebcb733acc934f8a4e0c186fe1fcdf21845cedbc13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2951 (94th) — VALIDATE 88-699 RESEARCH PARK

Validates actions taken under the Illinois Research Park Authority Act (now repealed). That Act was created by Public Act 88-669, which has been held to be unconstitutional as a violation of the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Affirms obligations arising under any bonds issued or contracts made under powers purportedly derived directly or indirectly from the Illinois Research Park Authority Act. Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act to explicitly authorize the exercise of functions purportedly transferred from the Illinois Research Park Authority to the Illinois Finance Authority. Effective immediately.

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 — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Susan Garrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett filing
• 2006-01-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-02-01 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2006-02-08 Do Pass State Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 9, 2006
• 2006-02-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-02-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 14, 2006
• 2006-02-16 Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-02-16 Arrived in House introduction
• 2006-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randall M. Hultgren
• 2006-02-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-08 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2006-03-15 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-03-31 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
• 2006-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-04-03 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-05-02 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-06-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-06-27 Effective Date June 27, 2006
• 2006-06-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0960 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db419e49-5d14-4dc7-9aab-94e52f22e493. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).