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Bill	FINANCE-SMALL BUSINESS FUND	Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Small Business Development Grant Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to make grants (i) to small businesses in the State that commit to using the grant moneys to create additional jobs, (ii) to small businesses from outside of the State that commit to relocate within the State, and (iii) for individual projects that create 100 or fewer additional jobs. Provides that the Department must give priority to (i) minority owned businesses, (ii) female owned businesses, (iii) businesses owned by a person with a disability, (iv) businesses that pledge not to use the grant moneys as additional compensation for an executive, and (v) businesses that have as their primary purpose the provision of energy derived from renewable energy technology. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2073	Illinois HB 2073 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2011-02-17	2011-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/3df37840-0986-4869-945a-793d09a408f7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2073&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59286&SessionID=84&GA=97	d53193e2f58ccfb39fe21b7969de540dbd0f3239f402013c01581c27c8ae0186	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2073 (97th) — FINANCE-SMALL BUSINESS FUND

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Small Business Development Grant Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to make grants (i) to small businesses in the State that commit to using the grant moneys to create additional jobs, (ii) to small businesses from outside of the State that commit to relocate within the State, and (iii) for individual projects that create 100 or fewer additional jobs. Provides that the Department must give priority to (i) minority owned businesses, (ii) female owned businesses, (iii) businesses owned by a person with a disability, (iv) businesses that pledge not to use the grant moneys as additional compensation for an executive, and (v) businesses that have as their primary purpose the provision of energy derived from renewable energy technology. 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 — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lou Lang — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang filing
• 2011-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-24 Assigned to Small Business Empowerment & Workforce Development Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Small Business Empowerment & Workforce Development Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-02 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2011-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2011-03-03 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
• 2011-03-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2011-03-10 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2011-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2011-03-10 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-03-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
• 2011-03-14 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2011-03-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Commerce referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Postponed - Commerce
• 2011-05-13 Do Pass Commerce; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2011
• 2011-05-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2011
• 2011-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0406 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3df37840-0986-4869-945a-793d09a408f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).