---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOWNSTATE FOREST PRESERVE DIST"
description: "Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning judicial notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "SB 1651"
citation: "Illinois SB 1651 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e6431a7-7a2d-4144-933c-7bfa03bd4473"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1651&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=118800&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "17956251dc08ea3d6aca96d5dec738c0cab928ef302e7e30da267291ee41ba18"
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 1651 (101st) — DOWNSTATE FOREST PRESERVE DIST

Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning judicial notice.

## 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=10100SB1651&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118800&DocNum=1651&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1651eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118800&DocNum=1651&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100SB1651enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=118800&DocNum=1651&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deanne M. Mazzochi — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Pappas — cosponsor (person)
- Grant Wehrli — cosponsor (person)
- Karina Villa — primary (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2019-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2019
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
- **2019-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Assigned to Energy & Environment Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Energy & Environment Committee; 026-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-08** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Pappas
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-22** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
- **2019-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
- **2019-05-22** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2019-05-22** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2019-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0344 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e6431a7-7a2d-4144-933c-7bfa03bd4473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).