---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER DISTRICT-TRUSTEE REMOVAL"
description: "Amends the Public Water District Act. Provides that an appointing authority may remove a public water district trustee it appointed for misconduct, official misconduct, or neglect of office. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 4253"
citation: "Illinois HB 4253 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae9bc8a-2de3-420e-8125-a0b9646d1509"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4253&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=108702&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "671f1e0c78c5ef9e35755e9b3e9b687a56ea0f95343213a9deed030b21869ddc"
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 4253 (100th) — WATER DISTRICT-TRUSTEE REMOVAL

Amends the Public Water District Act. Provides that an appointing authority may remove a public water district trustee it appointed for misconduct, official misconduct, or neglect of office. 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=10000HB4253&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=108702&DocNum=4253&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4253eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=108702&DocNum=4253&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4253enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=108702&DocNum=4253&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Halbrook — primary (person)
- Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brad Halbrook `filing`
- **2018-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-03-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-03-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 13, 2018 `reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Andy Manar
- **2018-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Assigned to Government Reform `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Do Pass Government Reform; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2018
- **2018-05-08** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2018-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2018
- **2018-05-10** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-10** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-07** Effective Date August 7, 2018
- **2018-08-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0737 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ae9bc8a-2de3-420e-8125-a0b9646d1509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).