---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTED TWP OFFICIALS-EMPLOYEE"
description: "Amends the Township Code. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person elected to any township position, including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector, shall not be employed by the township in any other capacity other than his or her elected position."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 2299"
citation: "Illinois SB 2299 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64db5391-60cd-405f-be34-4640b9d80b02"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2299&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=108618&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "eb5c36fcd9074c4b42798ad404bd0f5260af71d5380830c97eea82e7689b335a"
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 SB 2299 (100th) — ELECTED TWP OFFICIALS-EMPLOYEE

Amends the Township Code. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person elected to any township position, including, but not limited to, a trustee, a supervisor, a highway commissioner, a clerk, an assessor, or a collector, shall not be employed by the township in any other capacity other than his or her elected position.

## 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=10000SB2299&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=108618&DocNum=2299&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2299eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=108618&DocNum=2299&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB2299enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=108618&DocNum=2299&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Syverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `filing`
- **2018-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2018-02-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 22, 2018
- **2018-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
- **2018-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Re-referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000
- **2018-04-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
- **2018-04-19** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Syverson `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2018
- **2018-04-24** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2018-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2018-04-25** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-14** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0868 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64db5391-60cd-405f-be34-4640b9d80b02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).