republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-18.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "INC TX-AUTISM RSRCH CHECKOFF"
description: "Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the State Finance Act. Creates the Autism Research Fund and provides that, from appropriations from the Fund, the Department of Public Health must make grants to public or private entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding research concerning the disorder of autism. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to create a tax checkoff for the Fund. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "Illinois HB 18 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 70
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-12-03"
last_action: "2005-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0530c16d-c9df-4139-ae09-dc43f2194863"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=18&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14137&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "e7a1e3fa599ba0b5ec2be886132292c7fb0071f4798dc897c5f1455a46729ed0"
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 18 (94th) — INC TX-AUTISM RSRCH CHECKOFF

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the State Finance Act. Creates the Autism Research Fund and provides that, from appropriations from the Fund, the Department of Public Health must make grants to public or private entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding research concerning the disorder of autism. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to create a tax checkoff for the Fund. 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=09400HB0018&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14137&DocNum=18&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0018eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14137&DocNum=18&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0018enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14137&DocNum=18&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arthur J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- M. Maggie Crotty — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)
- Terry Link — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-12-03** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
- **2004-12-03** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2004-12-03** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
- **2005-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2005-01-13** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-01-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2005-01-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- **2005-02-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue Committee; by Voice Vote; Revenue Sub-committee `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-18** Remains in Revenue Committee
- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2005-03-03** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2005-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2005-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2005-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-17** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-04-21** Postponed - Revenue
- **2005-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2005-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Revenue; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2005-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2005-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2005-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
- **2005-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2005
- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0442 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0530c16d-c9df-4139-ae09-dc43f2194863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).