The legislation was introduced in bill SB1899 on Feb. 15, when Sen. Terry Link (D-30) filed it with the Senate clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "create the Illinois Landscape Architecture Practice Act of 2019".
The Senate passed the bill on April 10 and it arrived in the House on April 11, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 30. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 16. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on SB1899.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2019 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link |
| 2/15/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2/15/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 2/27/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Licensed Activities |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Licensed Activities; 006-000-000 |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019 |
| 4/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 4/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2019 |
| 4/10/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 |
| 4/11/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Arrived in House |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski |
| 4/30/2019 | House | Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 5/10/2019 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 5/15/2019 | House | Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jay Hoffman |
| 5/15/2019 | House | Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 5/15/2019 | House | Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | House | Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli |
| 5/16/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 5/16/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman |
| 5/20/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee |
| 5/21/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Labor & Commerce Committee; by Voice Vote |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 020-000-000 |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/22/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/22/2019 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/28/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 |
| 5/28/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 30, 2019 |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Terry Link |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive |
| 5/30/2019 | Senate | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/30/2019 | Senate | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 011-000-000 |
| 5/30/2019 | Senate | Senate Concurs |
| 5/30/2019 | Senate | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 059-000-000 |
| 6/28/2019 | Senate | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/16/2019 | Senate | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0423 |
| 8/16/2019 | Senate | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 8/16/2019 | Senate | Governor Approved |
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