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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TWP CD-OFFICER VACANCIES"
+description: "Amends the Township Code. Provides that a vacancy in office occurs if a township officer or a member of a township board of directors resigns or is convicted of a disqualifying crime. Provides that an admission of guilt of a criminal offense that would, upon conviction, disqualify the officer from holding that office or the director from membership on the board, in the form of a written agreement with State or federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime under State or federal law, shall constitute a resignation from that office or board, effective at the time the plea agreement is made. Specifies that a conviction for an offense that disqualifies an officer from holding that office or a director from membership on the board occurs on the date of the return of a guilty verdict or, in the case of a trial by the court, the entry of a finding of guilt. Effective January 1, 2012."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "97th"
+identifier: "HB 195"
+citation: "Illinois HB 195 (97th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-01-14"
+last_action: "2011-08-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/531cd919-9688-450d-8823-adcc551556e8"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=195&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54787&SessionID=84&GA=97"
+source_hash: "2812928056b3d5c225fb1de862bbb8a1237ca1d96dd9390eec1b388473a2e7b3"
+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 195 (97th) — TWP CD-OFFICER VACANCIES
+
+Amends the Township Code. Provides that a vacancy in office occurs if a township officer or a member of a township board of directors resigns or is convicted of a disqualifying crime. Provides that an admission of guilt of a criminal offense that would, upon conviction, disqualify the officer from holding that office or the director from membership on the board, in the form of a written agreement with State or federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime under State or federal law, shall constitute a resignation from that office or board, effective at the time the plea agreement is made. Specifies that a conviction for an offense that disqualifies an officer from holding that office or a director from membership on the board occurs on the date of the return of a guilty verdict or, in the case of a trial by the court, the entry of a finding of guilt. Effective January 1, 2012.
+
+## 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=09700HB0195&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54787&DocNum=195&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0195eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54787&DocNum=195&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0195enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54787&DocNum=195&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **95–3** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-01-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe `filing`
+- **2011-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-01-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-08** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe `amendment-introduction`
+- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
+- **2011-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-03-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-003-007 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2011-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2011 `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
+- **2011-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-04** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-11** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2011
+- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
+- **2011-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
+- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
+- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2011-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2012
+- **2011-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0295 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/531cd919-9688-450d-8823-adcc551556e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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