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SB4198Introduced in the Senate

$SIU-CORN-TO-ETHANOL RESEARCH

IntroducedSenate Assignments

Introduced by Patrick Joyce, District 40

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Appropriates $15,000,000 to the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees for the expansion of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville to expand its research capabilities and to increase biomanufacturing workforce training. Effective July 1, 2026.

Where it stands

Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema

July 14, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Assignments

  4. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss

  5. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy

  6. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin

  7. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt

  8. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema

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