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type: "Bill"
title: "FOREST PRESERVE-CONTRACTS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 2946"
citation: "Illinois SB 2946 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e24b960b-4c4d-4001-9828-9f319f2cede2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2946&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=63825&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "20eab8cd6e3cb391ab2d0d1261839bf59901ebd9b66fa231967e48c23b2e8e7e"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2946&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63825&DocNum=2946&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2946eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63825&DocNum=2946&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB2946enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=63825&DocNum=2946&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **7640** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **510** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e24b960b-4c4d-4001-9828-9f319f2cede2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).