republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-2487.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "DPT OF REVENUE-INVESTIGATORS"
description: "Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department's investigators have expanded powers of peace officers to enforce taxing and other measures related to liquor, racing, and gaming. The investigators may exercise the powers if there is a threat to life or safety and local law enforcement is notified as soon as practical."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2487"
citation: "Illinois SB 2487 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-10-16"
last_action: "2010-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b8c9342-12d7-4a26-8330-20f561a5a2b1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2487&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=48734&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "12b5f00095576b66b1366b26b9e2963f24fce873e0a54bef6d9d17e027cb2848"
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 2487 (96th) — DPT OF REVENUE-INVESTIGATORS

Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department's investigators have expanded powers of peace officers to enforce taxing and other measures related to liquor, racing, and gaming. The investigators may exercise the powers if there is a threat to life or safety and local law enforcement is notified as soon as practical.

## 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=09600SB2487&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=48734&DocNum=2487&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2487eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=48734&DocNum=2487&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2487enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=48734&DocNum=2487&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–5** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-10-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. James A. DeLeo `filing`
- **2009-10-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-10-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Assigned to Gaming `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-04** Do Pass Gaming; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010
- **2010-03-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 16, 2010
- **2010-03-19** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As March 26, 2010 `reading-3`
- **2010-03-23** Third Reading - Passed; 047-004-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- **2010-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-29** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 7, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-04** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2010-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue & Finance Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue & Finance Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-05-05** Do Pass as Amended / Standard Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2010-05-05** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-05-05** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2010-05-06** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 112-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-05-06** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2010-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 6, 2010
- **2010-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur - Chief Sponsor Changed to Senator Harmon
- **2010-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2010-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
- **2010-05-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- **2010-05-06** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2010-05-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2010-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
- **2010-05-06** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2010
- **2010-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1393 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b8c9342-12d7-4a26-8330-20f561a5a2b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).