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type: "Bill"
title: "DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION"
description: "Amends the Data Governance and Organization to Support Equity and Racial Justice Act. Provides that, when the State Board of Education and specified Departments report demographic data, they shall use the same classifications as the Governor's Office of Equity, or other classifications as designated by the Governor, to develop a common set of racial and ethnic classifications for use by the Board and Department. Provides that the demographic classifications established shall be reviewed and updated as necessary every 5 years. Provides for exemptions from this reporting requirement. Provides that the Governor's Office of Equity shall establish a project implementation team to oversee the implementation of the Act. Provides that the Governor's Office of Equity or other entity as the Governor may designate shall work in conjunction with the Department of Innovation and Technology to identify and provide advice on common technological processes and procedures. Makes other changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2968"
citation: "Illinois SB 2968 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carol Ammons", "Kimberly A. Lightford"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ad83537-c18f-44fb-a9e3-86019fb3660a"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2968&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=152073&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "8ffc8a5c50492c85c1d52dcc68e8c0290d13d36f01be3fc85968cd9f458d9073"
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 2968 (103rd) — DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION
Amends the Data Governance and Organization to Support Equity and Racial Justice Act. Provides that, when the State Board of Education and specified Departments report demographic data, they shall use the same classifications as the Governor's Office of Equity, or other classifications as designated by the Governor, to develop a common set of racial and ethnic classifications for use by the Board and Department. Provides that the demographic classifications established shall be reviewed and updated as necessary every 5 years. Provides for exemptions from this reporting requirement. Provides that the Governor's Office of Equity shall establish a project implementation team to oversee the implementation of the Act. Provides that the Governor's Office of Equity or other entity as the Governor may designate shall work in conjunction with the Department of Innovation and Technology to identify and provide advice on common technological processes and procedures. Makes other changes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2968.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2968eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2968sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2968enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Human Rights — **62** (pass) · lower
- Economic Opportunity & Equity — **51** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **7438** (pass) · lower
- Human Rights — **80** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **3817** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carol Ammons — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Edgar González, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `filing`
- **2024-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to Human Rights `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Postponed - Human Rights
- **2024-03-15** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
- **2024-04-05** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 19, 2024
- **2024-04-12** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
- **2024-04-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Rights
- **2024-04-19** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
- **2024-05-02** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-02** Do Pass as Amended Human Rights; 006-002-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2024-05-03** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2024
- **2024-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 038-017-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-05-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2024-05-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-05-13** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-05-13** Assigned to Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar González, Jr.
- **2024-05-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2024-05-20** Do Pass / Short Debate Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee; 005-001-000
- **2024-05-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-038-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0935 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ad83537-c18f-44fb-a9e3-86019fb3660a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).