republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-4447.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FOOD AGRIC RESEARCH ACT-FUNDS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4447"
citation: "Illinois HB 4447 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-01-27"
last_action: "2012-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91705339-9296-4d45-851e-a886c7267abc"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4447&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=63803&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "be0752e7770aba078194ece1a7604bdbdd2409d92df5b536b53c70f1d93f6a6b"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4447&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63803&DocNum=4447&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4447eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63803&DocNum=4447&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4447enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63803&DocNum=4447&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91705339-9296-4d45-851e-a886c7267abc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).