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Bill	FOOD AGRIC RESEARCH ACT-FUNDS	Amends the Food and Agriculture Research Act. Provides that appropriations for the purposes of the Act shall be made to the Illinois Department of Agriculture for research to Illinois public and non-public institutions of higher education. Provides that the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research shall prepare and deliver to the General Assembly, Governor, Director of Agriculture, and the food and agricultural research administrators at each of the public and non-public institutions of higher learning that receive research dollars under the Act an annual report providing a summary and detailed account of the research programs being supported. Provides any additional grants or donations for research shall be deposited into the Food and Agricultural Research Fund and may be appropriated and used for the purposes of the Act. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Food and Agricultural Research Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4447	Illinois HB 4447 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2012-01-27	2012-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/91705339-9296-4d45-851e-a886c7267abc	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4447&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=63803&SessionID=84&GA=97	be0752e7770aba078194ece1a7604bdbdd2409d92df5b536b53c70f1d93f6a6b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4447 (97th) — FOOD AGRIC RESEARCH ACT-FUNDS

Amends the Food and Agriculture Research Act. Provides that appropriations for the purposes of the Act shall be made to the Illinois Department of Agriculture for research to Illinois public and non-public institutions of higher education. Provides that the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research shall prepare and deliver to the General Assembly, Governor, Director of Agriculture, and the food and agricultural research administrators at each of the public and non-public institutions of higher learning that receive research dollars under the Act an annual report providing a summary and detailed account of the research programs being supported. Provides any additional grants or donations for research shall be deposited into the Food and Agricultural Research Fund and may be appropriated and used for the purposes of the Act. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Food and Agricultural Research Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. 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 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Reis — primary (person)
• Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. David Reis filing
• 2012-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-01-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-06 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-21 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-22 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2012-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul Evans
• 2012-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2012-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard Morthland
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Wayne Rosenthal
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pam Roth
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chad Hays
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dwight Kay
• 2012-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason Barickman
• 2012-02-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-02-29 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-02-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 1, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-02-29 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2012-03-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-01 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2012
• 2012-05-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2012-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2012
• 2012-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0879 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91705339-9296-4d45-851e-a886c7267abc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).