Illinois · Senate Bill 2982 · 104th General Assembly

$DCEO-GRANT-EMPLOYEE OWNERS

SB 2982 Sponsored by Lakesia Collins In committee

  1. Introduced Jan 29, 2026
  2. In committee Jan 29, 2026
  3. Passed the Senate Next
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Appropriates $700,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Illinois Center for Employee Ownership for the purpose of expanding education, outreach, and technical assistance related to employee ownership transitions and supporting small businesses in evaluating and pursuing succession through employee ownership. Effective July 1, 2026.

Every action

25 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 17 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Lakesia Collins
  2. SenateFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Appropriations · Senate Appropriations
  5. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
  6. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
  7. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
  8. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
  9. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
  10. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
  11. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis
  12. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
  13. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
  14. SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
  15. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
  16. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
  17. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
  1. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
  2. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
  3. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel
  4. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
  5. SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
  6. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
  7. SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
  8. CommitteePursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 18 cosponsors: 14 Democrats, 4 Republicans.

All 18 cosponsors

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.