republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-1542.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC AID COMMITTEE-APPEALS"
description: "Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning appeals by applicants or recipients of General Assistance, provides that in an appeal in Cook County involving a local governmental unit whose supervisor of general assistance is a member of the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee, the Committee shall select another township supervisor to serve as an alternate member for that appeal. Provides that the members of each Public Aid Committee and the members of the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee are immune from personal liability in connection with their service on the committee to the same extent as an elected or appointed judge in this State is immune from personal liability in connection with the performance of his or her duties as judge. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1542"
citation: "Illinois SB 1542 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/014f9039-2d5c-4f8d-91be-c248720cc27b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1542&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4669&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "d89f187dd526797084b9aebe50ec05dde2e67ee1e8e851ffedf233a60be82d0b"
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 1542 (93rd) — PUBLIC AID COMMITTEE-APPEALS

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning appeals by applicants or recipients of General Assistance, provides that in an appeal in Cook County involving a local governmental unit whose supervisor of general assistance is a member of the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee, the Committee shall select another township supervisor to serve as an alternate member for that appeal. Provides that the members of each Public Aid Committee and the members of the Cook County Townships Public Aid Committee are immune from personal liability in connection with their service on the committee to the same extent as an elected or appointed judge in this State is immune from personal liability in connection with the performance of his or her duties as judge. 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=09300SB1542&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4669&DocNum=1542&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1542eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4669&DocNum=1542&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1542enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4669&DocNum=1542&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Louis S. Viverito — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Louis S. Viverito `filing`
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2003-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-15** Re-assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-05-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 022-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-16** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2003-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 23, 2003
- **2003-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Louis S. Viverito `filing`
- **2003-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Health & Human Services; 011-000-000
- **2003-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2003-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2003
- **2003-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0295 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/014f9039-2d5c-4f8d-91be-c248720cc27b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).