| Date | Chamber | Action |
| 1/10/2003 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan |
| 1/23/2003 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/23/2003 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 1/29/2003 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie |
| 1/29/2003 | House | Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 010-000-000 |
| 1/29/2003 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions |
| 1/29/2003 | House | Resolution Adopted 114-000-000 |
| 2/4/2003 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 2/4/2003 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr. |
| 2/4/2003 | Senate | Referred to Rules |
| 2/4/2003 | Senate | Assigned to Executive |
| 2/4/2003 | Senate | Waive Posting Notice Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-11(e), and Senate Rule 7-17(d). |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Frank C. Watson; -Dillard |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Be Adopted Executive; 011-000-000 |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of Secretary's Desk Resolutions |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Resolution Adopted; 057-000-000 |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a). |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Vince Demuzio |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Denny Jacobs |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Wendell E. Jones |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dick Klemm |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Lauzen |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Luechtefeld |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward Petka |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James Pate Philip |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven J. Rauschenberger |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Carol Ronen |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Peter J. Roskam |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Sullivan |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Frank C. Watson |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr. |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kathleen L. Wojcik |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry D. Woolard |
| 2/5/2003 | Senate | Resolution Adopted; 057-000-000 |
| 2/5/2003 | House | Adopted Both Houses |