republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-1130.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MOVABLE SOCCER GOALS SAFETY"
description: "Creates the Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act. Requires any organization that sets up, moves, or stores a movable soccer goal to follow all applicable guidelines for anchoring, securing, and counterweighting a movable soccer goal as those guidelines are set forth in \"Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety\", a publication of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the Act, no commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, re-manufacture, retrofit, distribute, sell at wholesale or retail, contract to sell or resell, lease, or sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce, a movable soccer goal that is not tip-resistant. Requires movable soccer goals with specified measurements to comply with applicable ASTM standards. Provides that a violation of the Act is a petty offense for which a fine not to exceed $500 may be imposed. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1130"
citation: "Illinois HB 1130 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-07"
last_action: "2011-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03521984-3de1-420d-8a1e-9155cbef9700"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1130&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=56999&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "aca37a98d166dde5b1d5b99a4bcc859132634b67d88c19396ed6e77a5dc82f18"
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 1130 (97th) — MOVABLE SOCCER GOALS SAFETY

Creates the Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act. Requires any organization that sets up, moves, or stores a movable soccer goal to follow all applicable guidelines for anchoring, securing, and counterweighting a movable soccer goal as those guidelines are set forth in "Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety", a publication of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the Act, no commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer may manufacture, re-manufacture, retrofit, distribute, sell at wholesale or retail, contract to sell or resell, lease, or sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce, a movable soccer goal that is not tip-resistant. Requires movable soccer goals with specified measurements to comply with applicable ASTM standards. Provides that a violation of the Act is a petty offense for which a fine not to exceed $500 may be imposed. 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=09700HB1130&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=56999&DocNum=1130&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1130eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=56999&DocNum=1130&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1130enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=56999&DocNum=1130&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carol A. Sente — primary (person)
- John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente `filing`
- **2011-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-14** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-02-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee
- **2011-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2011-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee
- **2011-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2011-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Consumer Protection Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2011-04-07** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2011-04-11** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Consumer Protection Committee
- **2011-04-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-11** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Consumer Protection Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Withdrawn by Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2011-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2011-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2011
- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2011
- **2011-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0234 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03521984-3de1-420d-8a1e-9155cbef9700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).