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Bill	LOCAL GOVT-AUDIT REPORTS	Amends the Governmental Account Audit Act, Counties Code, and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the amount of fees owed by a governmental unit for delinquent audits or reports may be reduced at the Comptroller's discretion. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5438	Illinois HB 5438 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2014-02-11	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/e6d83306-85d3-4e50-89dd-e831edf3958f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5438&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80324&SessionID=85&GA=98	1245cda0cdc5dd480850a2fb689fd149ab70e011819b74b44e7b43ddf272d760	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5438 (98th) — LOCAL GOVT-AUDIT REPORTS

Amends the Governmental Account Audit Act, Counties Code, and Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the amount of fees owed by a governmental unit for delinquent audits or reports may be reduced at the Comptroller's discretion. 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 — 80–34 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ron Sandack — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ron Sandack filing
• 2014-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-27 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 015-005-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Ron Sandack amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-25 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
• 2014-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 016-002-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-04-07 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 080-034-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2014-04-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-29 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-05-06 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2014-05-15 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 19, 2014
• 2014-05-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2014
• 2014-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2014
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0922 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6d83306-85d3-4e50-89dd-e831edf3958f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).