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+type: "Bill"
+title: "LIBRARIES-TERRITORY ANNEXATION"
+description: "Amends the Public Library District Act. Provides that territory annexed by a public library district included within a municipality or school district shall be approved by ordinance of the board, publication or posting, and voter referendum (rather than only by ordinance of the board with the option for a back-door referendum to prevent the annexation). Repeals provisions allowing a referendum to disconnect annexed territory from a library district. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "101st"
+identifier: "HB 2993"
+citation: "Illinois HB 2993 (101st)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-15"
+last_action: "2019-07-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65007b89-8850-44d2-bf69-df29dcf70f98"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2993&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119335&SessionID=108&GA=101"
+source_hash: "eaa867eade52da769b9d67a21edd187d31f0f1aa4b67095337036dedcb7aae3a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 2993 (101st) — LIBRARIES-TERRITORY ANNEXATION
+
+Amends the Public Library District Act. Provides that territory annexed by a public library district included within a municipality or school district shall be approved by ordinance of the board, publication or posting, and voter referendum (rather than only by ordinance of the board with the option for a back-door referendum to prevent the annexation). Repeals provisions allowing a referendum to disconnect annexed territory from a library district. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2993&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119335&DocNum=2993&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2993eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119335&DocNum=2993&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2993enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119335&DocNum=2993&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **97–2** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C.D. Davidsmeyer — primary (person)
+- Steve McClure — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer `filing`
+- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2019-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2019-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-002-001 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve McClure
+- **2019-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
+- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
+- **2019-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed Both Houses
+- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-19** Effective Date July 19, 2019
+- **2019-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0099 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65007b89-8850-44d2-bf69-df29dcf70f98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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