republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-3288.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "G.A. ELECTRONIC SESSION LAWS"
description: "Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that the printer's copy shall be furnished and delivered to the Secretary of State by the Enrolling and Engrossing Department of the 2 Houses, in such format as the Secretary of State and the Enrolling and Engrossing Departments may agree. Provides that electronic copies of the bound volumes of the session laws of the General Assembly may be made available upon agreement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3288"
citation: "Illinois SB 3288 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f865df75-6d24-4cb1-8562-4fae8866f3ed"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3288&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80446&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "0bc5b619e33de02d2c375a636c47c6b2604a76dcfcd7f3a0b7a5e6cd0cef6351"
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 3288 (98th) — G.A. ELECTRONIC SESSION LAWS

Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that the printer's copy shall be furnished and delivered to the Secretary of State by the Enrolling and Engrossing Department of the 2 Houses, in such format as the Secretary of State and the Enrolling and Engrossing Departments may agree. Provides that electronic copies of the bound volumes of the session laws of the General Assembly may be made available upon agreement. 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=09800SB3288&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80446&DocNum=3288&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3288eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80446&DocNum=3288&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3288enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80446&DocNum=3288&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pat McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pat McGuire `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 010-000-000 `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; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
- **2014-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Brian W. Stewart `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-04-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2014-05-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2014-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2014-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 23, 2014
- **2014-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Pat McGuire `filing`
- **2014-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000
- **2014-05-30** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2014-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-26** Effective Date August 26, 2014
- **2014-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1115 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f865df75-6d24-4cb1-8562-4fae8866f3ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).