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type: "Bill"
title: "ST EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION AWARD"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 28"
citation: "Illinois HB 28 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-12-05"
last_action: "2007-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/874de77c-32c1-4c36-a9ff-c88d664de543"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=28&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26621&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "b31851f1557a342bcc32a77c17e5c56cc416ed8694d05c2fd48d1b2def29caac"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0028&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26621&DocNum=28&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0028eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26621&DocNum=28&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0028enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26621&DocNum=28&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1160** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/874de77c-32c1-4c36-a9ff-c88d664de543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).