republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-2259.md

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Bill	GOVERNMENT-TECH	Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2259	Illinois HB 2259 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2011-02-18	2011-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/d6bd5fa2-ec4c-45b8-bd62-86b2c33f7b28	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2259&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59494&SessionID=84&GA=97	5de95654b389d12324251c6bfea03e888e153e3f32eba6f55ecbc0edd22aacee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2259 (97th) — GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

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 — 79–31 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 42–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Randy Ramey, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross filing
• 2011-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-08 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
• 2011-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2011-04-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
• 2011-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 009-004-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2011-04-12 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2011-04-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-031-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2011-04-15 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 3, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-05-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2011-05-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-05-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-05-11 Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2011
• 2011-05-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2011
• 2011-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 042-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-19 Effective Date August 19, 2011
• 2011-08-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0452 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6bd5fa2-ec4c-45b8-bd62-86b2c33f7b28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).