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Bill	FOREST PRESERVE-CONTRACTS	Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that a forest preserve district may establish procedures to comply with certain regulations regarding affirmative action and the use of small businesses or businesses owned by minorities or women in construction and procurement contracts. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2946	Illinois SB 2946 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2012-02-01	2012-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/e24b960b-4c4d-4001-9828-9f319f2cede2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2946&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63825&SessionID=84&GA=97	20eab8cd6e3cb391ab2d0d1261839bf59901ebd9b66fa231967e48c23b2e8e7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2946 (97th) — FOREST PRESERVE-CONTRACTS

Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that a forest preserve district may establish procedures to comply with certain regulations regarding affirmative action and the use of small businesses or businesses owned by minorities or women in construction and procurement contracts. 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 — 76–40 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-01 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez filing
• 2012-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-01 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2012-02-23 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 24, 2012
• 2012-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 28, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-28 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2012-03-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2012-04-26 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-02 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 076-040-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2012-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-11 Effective Date July 11, 2012
• 2012-07-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0773 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e24b960b-4c4d-4001-9828-9f319f2cede2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).