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Bill	WHEAT DEV ACT-COMMITTEE MEMBER	Amends the Wheat Development Act. Provides that the Director of the Department of Agriculture shall appoint a temporary wheat development program committee whose members are nominated by an association representing wheat producers. Provides that the total assessment levied on the commodity of any affected producer may (rather than shall) be up to 1.5 cents per bushel of wheat produced and sold by the producer as established by the temporary program committee. Provides that a refund owed to the producer shall be payable only if the application has been made to the board within 90 days (instead of 60 days). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2709	Illinois HB 2709 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2013-02-21	2013-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0d67e93b-d7d3-413b-93fa-54b759c9b818	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2709&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74521&SessionID=85&GA=98	8e635dcef517f7fe1dad3cd42e04e5af8b8f6a0d4ee9e4be4a9bafa0ed8244f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2709 (98th) — WHEAT DEV ACT-COMMITTEE MEMBER

Amends the Wheat Development Act. Provides that the Director of the Department of Agriculture shall appoint a temporary wheat development program committee whose members are nominated by an association representing wheat producers. Provides that the total assessment levied on the commodity of any affected producer may (rather than shall) be up to 1.5 cents per bushel of wheat produced and sold by the producer as established by the temporary program committee. Provides that a refund owed to the producer shall be payable only if the application has been made to the board within 90 days (instead of 60 days). 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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wayne Rosenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Wayne Rosenthal filing
• 2013-02-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2013-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2013-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2013-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2013-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2013-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Do Pass Agriculture and Conservation; 006-000-000 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
• 2013-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2013
• 2013-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0343 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d67e93b-d7d3-413b-93fa-54b759c9b818. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).