---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTIES CD-PUBLIC SAFETY"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county that is authorized to impose a Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax For Public Safety, Public Facilities, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, or Transportation may establish a 7-member board, which shall oversee the use of funds received from the tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 2278"
citation: "Illinois SB 2278 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maurice A. West, II", "Steve Stadelman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba5bce42-d2e5-472b-a976-475ab90662cb"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2278&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134932&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "0f9d1daeaa3483c865c5d6e4c7077b39d5b00e5b71595fa754ac411e61719951"
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 2278 (102nd) — COUNTIES CD-PUBLIC SAFETY

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county that is authorized to impose a Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax For Public Safety, Public Facilities, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, or Transportation may establish a 7-member board, which shall oversee the use of funds received from the tax.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2278.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2278eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2278sam001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2278sam002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2278enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maurice A. West, II — primary (person)
- Steve Stadelman — primary (person)
- Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Ness — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman `filing`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Revenue
- **2021-04-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Do Pass as Amended Revenue; 006-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2021
- **2021-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Revenue
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2021
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Revenue; 010-000-000
- **2021-04-21** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Stadelman `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2021-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 010-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-06** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2021-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
- **2021-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0379 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba5bce42-d2e5-472b-a976-475ab90662cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).