Illinois House Bill 3540

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-04-11 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that certifications granted under the Act on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be active for a minimum of 5 years. Provides that certified vendors shall inform the Program of any changes in the vendor's business status or ownership that may impact the vendor's certification status. Provides that Program staff shall inform the vendor no later than 6 months before the vendor's certification expires.

BUSINESS ENTERPRISE-CERTIFY

Rep. Katie Stuart [D]	Rep. Sharon Chung [D]	Rep. Nicholas Smith [D]	Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar [D]
Rep. Jeff Keicher [R]

2025-03-20 - House - House Small Business, Tech Innovation Committee (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-04-11	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2025-04-08	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
2025-04-08	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
2025-04-08	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
2025-04-08	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
2025-03-26	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2025-03-26	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2025-03-20	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
2025-03-20	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2025-03-20	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
2025-03-20	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Small Business, Technology Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Committee; 008-004-000
2025-03-11	House	Assigned to Small Business, Technology Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Committee
2025-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-18	House	First Reading
2025-02-07	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Katie Stuart

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	575	4.1	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3540&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=162230&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=202018&DocName=10400HB3540&DocNum=3540&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=162230&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/votehistory/104/house/committeevotes/10400HB3540_42784.pdf