republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3129.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOLOCAUST COMMISS-APPOINTMENTS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission Act. Provides that the President and Minority Leader of the Senate shall each designate a member or former member of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each designate a member or former member of the House of Representatives to advise the Commission. Provides that upon the expiration of the terms of the initial members, the appointing authority may re-appoint initial members and sets forth the terms of those re-appointments. Provides that a representative under the Act must be an officer or employee of the State agency that employs the ex officio member or an individual with demonstrated expertise in the subject matter of the ex officio member's State agency. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3129"
citation: "Illinois SB 3129 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-07"
last_action: "2014-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faae11e1-c3db-476a-b22f-9c720a9e972d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3129&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80080&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "ef4cf276de05b00f67e5f3914968d08b2aed108940fecabffeb7b04183f03704"
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 SB 3129 (98th) — HOLOCAUST COMMISS-APPOINTMENTS

Amends the Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission Act. Provides that the President and Minority Leader of the Senate shall each designate a member or former member of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each designate a member or former member of the House of Representatives to advise the Commission. Provides that upon the expiration of the terms of the initial members, the appointing authority may re-appoint initial members and sets forth the terms of those re-appointments. Provides that a representative under the Act must be an officer or employee of the State agency that employs the ex officio member or an individual with demonstrated expertise in the subject matter of the ex officio member's State agency. 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=09800SB3129&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80080&DocNum=3129&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3129eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80080&DocNum=3129&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3129enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80080&DocNum=3129&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **103–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2014-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2014-02-27** Postponed - Executive;
- **2014-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2014-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2014
- **2014-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2014-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2014-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
- **2014-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-28** Effective Date July 28, 2014
- **2014-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0793 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faae11e1-c3db-476a-b22f-9c720a9e972d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).