republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-1402.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FIN-AIRPORT REIMBURSEMENTS"
description: "Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that reimbursements to eligible airport sponsors for the construction or upgrading of Automated Weather Observation Systems (AWOS) may be made by the Department of Transportation from appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the qualification or obligation may have occurred in a prior fiscal year, provided that at the time the expenditure was made the project had been approved by the Department prior to June 1, 2012 and can no longer receive federal reimbursement. Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Provides that certain financial assistance includes reimbursement to eligible airport sponsors the construction or upgrading of AWOS financed in whole or in part by State monies. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 1402"
citation: "Illinois HB 1402 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2013-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5f242cf-2393-4983-b057-29e38cb8b23a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1402&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72128&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "3fc844facf3271dd9226634d9745e0a5e1cadb976634dcf496a88e11c8360bfa"
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 1402 (98th) — FIN-AIRPORT REIMBURSEMENTS

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that reimbursements to eligible airport sponsors for the construction or upgrading of Automated Weather Observation Systems (AWOS) may be made by the Department of Transportation from appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the qualification or obligation may have occurred in a prior fiscal year, provided that at the time the expenditure was made the project had been approved by the Department prior to June 1, 2012 and can no longer receive federal reimbursement. Amends the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Provides that certain financial assistance includes reimbursement to eligible airport sponsors the construction or upgrading of AWOS financed in whole or in part by State monies. 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=09800HB1402&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72128&DocNum=1402&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1402eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72128&DocNum=1402&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1402enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72128&DocNum=1402&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. `filing`
- **2013-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emily McAsey
- **2013-02-13** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-20** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
- **2013-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2013-02-25** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2013-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
- **2013-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2013-02-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2013-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2013-03-01** Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2013-03-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2013-03-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 7, 2013 `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2013-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass Executive; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
- **2013-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2013
- **2013-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2013
- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0215 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5f242cf-2393-4983-b057-29e38cb8b23a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).