republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-4590.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ILLINOIS GIVES INITIATIVE"
description: "Amends the State Comptroller Act. Creates the Illinois Gives Initiative, whereby an employee or annuitant may authorize the withholding of a portion of his or her salary, wages, or annuity for payment to Illinois chapters of the American Red Cross whose territories include areas affected by a declaration of disaster. Authorizes the State Comptroller to develop an electronic mechanism whereby an employee or annuitant may register with the Office of the Comptroller for the withholding to be deducted from the next available scheduled pay period, develop policies and procedures necessary for the efficient transmission of the notification of the withholding to the employee's Payroll Officer or the annuitant's Retirement Agency, and develop policies and procedures necessary for the efficient distribution of the withholdings to designated Illinois chapters of the American Red Cross. Makes corresponding changes in the State Salary and Annuity Withholding Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 4590"
citation: "Illinois HB 4590 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/035f8c32-0425-46f1-aac8-6700f65b4b25"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4590&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79138&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "5e9809d0afabf84a1485b8dd53b1962391dc3daa25ad56f0d77af19348dcfd1d"
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 4590 (98th) — ILLINOIS GIVES INITIATIVE

Amends the State Comptroller Act. Creates the Illinois Gives Initiative, whereby an employee or annuitant may authorize the withholding of a portion of his or her salary, wages, or annuity for payment to Illinois chapters of the American Red Cross whose territories include areas affected by a declaration of disaster. Authorizes the State Comptroller to develop an electronic mechanism whereby an employee or annuitant may register with the Office of the Comptroller for the withholding to be deducted from the next available scheduled pay period, develop policies and procedures necessary for the efficient transmission of the notification of the withholding to the employee's Payroll Officer or the annuitant's Retirement Agency, and develop policies and procedures necessary for the efficient distribution of the withholdings to designated Illinois chapters of the American Red Cross. Makes corresponding changes in the State Salary and Annuity Withholding Act. 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=09800HB4590&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79138&DocNum=4590&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4590eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79138&DocNum=4590&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB4590enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=79138&DocNum=4590&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **101–10** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chad Hays — primary (person)
- Michael W. Frerichs — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chad Hays `filing`
- **2014-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-11** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 015-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
- **2014-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-010-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 5, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-03-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William E. Brady
- **2014-03-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Darin M. LaHood
- **2014-03-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2014-03-13** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-21** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2014
- **2014-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2014
- **2014-05-01** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2014-05-01** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-01** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-07** Effective Date July 7, 2014
- **2014-07-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0700 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/035f8c32-0425-46f1-aac8-6700f65b4b25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).