republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-2936.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "FINANCE-WHISTLEBLOWER FUNDS"
description: "Amends the Illinois False Claims Act. Creates the State Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund as a fund to be held outside of the State Treasury with the State Treasurer as custodian. Creates the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund and the State Police Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund as special funds in the State Treasury. Provides for the allocation of specified amounts, regardless of appropriation, from the State Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund into the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund and the State Police Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund and the State Police Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund. Repeals the Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury. Amends the Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2936"
citation: "Illinois HB 2936 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe46aaea-9f6d-40ab-a144-203cca81000e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2936&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119249&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "c18c8bc40705368d8334f2fddbab9d2c3e2cd4fb38665cfa16db75f0f2b8dcff"
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 2936 (101st) — FINANCE-WHISTLEBLOWER FUNDS

Amends the Illinois False Claims Act. Creates the State Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund as a fund to be held outside of the State Treasury with the State Treasurer as custodian. Creates the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund and the State Police Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund as special funds in the State Treasury. Provides for the allocation of specified amounts, regardless of appropriation, from the State Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund into the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund and the State Police Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the Attorney General Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund and the State Police Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund. Repeals the Whistleblower Reward and Protection Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury. Amends the Public Corruption Profit Forfeiture Act to make conforming changes. 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=10100HB2936&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119249&DocNum=2936&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2936eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119249&DocNum=2936&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2936enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119249&DocNum=2936&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Heather A. Steans — primary (person)
- La Shawn K. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** To Sales, Amusement & Other Taxes Subcommittee
- **2019-03-21** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Reported Back To Revenue & Finance Committee;
- **2019-03-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2019-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2019-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass State Government; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-26** Effective Date July 26, 2019
- **2019-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0148 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe46aaea-9f6d-40ab-a144-203cca81000e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).