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type: "Bill"
title: "WHEAT DEV ACT-COMMITTEE MEMBER"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 2709"
citation: "Illinois HB 2709 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d67e93b-d7d3-413b-93fa-54b759c9b818"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2709&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74521&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "8e635dcef517f7fe1dad3cd42e04e5af8b8f6a0d4ee9e4be4a9bafa0ed8244f1"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2709&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74521&DocNum=2709&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2709eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74521&DocNum=2709&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2709enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74521&DocNum=2709&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **510** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1080** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d67e93b-d7d3-413b-93fa-54b759c9b818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).