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Bill	ST EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION AWARD	Amends the Open Meetings Act, the State Comptroller Act, and the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Allows Illinois residents to participate in the State Employees and Retirees Suggestion Award Program. Changes the program's name to the State Government Suggestion Award Program.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 28	Illinois HB 28 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2006-12-05	2007-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/874de77c-32c1-4c36-a9ff-c88d664de543	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=28&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26621&SessionID=51&GA=95	b31851f1557a342bcc32a77c17e5c56cc416ed8694d05c2fd48d1b2def29caac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 28 (95th) — ST EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION AWARD

Amends the Open Meetings Act, the State Comptroller Act, and the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Allows Illinois residents to participate in the State Employees and Retirees Suggestion Award Program. Changes the program's name to the State Government Suggestion Award Program.

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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• William B. Black — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-12-05 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. William B. Black filing
• 2007-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-01-31 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-07 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-02-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-02-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2007-03-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-05-03 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2007-05-10 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-05-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2008
• 2007-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0185 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/874de77c-32c1-4c36-a9ff-c88d664de543. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).