republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-3209.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY ACT"
description: "Creates the Small Business Advisory Act. Requires State agencies to create and make available on the World Wide Web a small business advisory page. Requires agencies to post a plain language explanation of proposed and adopted rules and legislation that the agency is designated to administer that affect small businesses on its small business advisory web page. Provides that the explanation must remain posted on the web page for 6 months after the effective date of the rule or legislation. Requires each agency to notify the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs when it updates its small business advisory web page. Requires the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to serve as a clearinghouse for notifying the small business community of rulemakings and to seek input from the small business community on those rulemakings. Requires the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to maintain a small business advisory web page that serves as a coordinated point of access to other agencies' small business advisory web pages. Requires State agencies to post plain language versions of advisory opinions and interpretations on their small business advisory web pages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 3209"
citation: "Illinois HB 3209 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-27"
last_action: "2003-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/192f3174-19bd-4f82-8b80-3cf36b5f7fe1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3209&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5785&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "1c72add2a4fffa4f6a1349ecd6ef8656cfa570c17ec9d92810a67a20ac2f0640"
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 3209 (93rd) — SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY ACT

Creates the Small Business Advisory Act. Requires State agencies to create and make available on the World Wide Web a small business advisory page. Requires agencies to post a plain language explanation of proposed and adopted rules and legislation that the agency is designated to administer that affect small businesses on its small business advisory web page. Provides that the explanation must remain posted on the web page for 6 months after the effective date of the rule or legislation. Requires each agency to notify the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs when it updates its small business advisory web page. Requires the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to serve as a clearinghouse for notifying the small business community of rulemakings and to seek input from the small business community on those rulemakings. Requires the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to maintain a small business advisory web page that serves as a coordinated point of access to other agencies' small business advisory web pages. Requires State agencies to post plain language versions of advisory opinions and interpretations on their small business advisory web pages.

## 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=09300HB3209&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5785&DocNum=3209&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3209eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5785&DocNum=3209&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3209enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5785&DocNum=3209&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)
- Wendell E. Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-27** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias `filing`
- **2003-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-28** Assigned to Commerce and Business Development Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Commerce and Business Development Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2003-03-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank Aguilar
- **2003-03-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2003-03-21** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
- **2003-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Labor & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Labor & Commerce; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0318 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/192f3174-19bd-4f82-8b80-3cf36b5f7fe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).