---
type: "Bill"
title: "PARK DIST – COMPETITIVE BIDS"
description: "Amends the Park District Code. Provides that specified contracts related to supplies, materials, or work involving an expenditure in excess of $30,000 (rather than $25,000), or a lower amount if required by board policy, must be competitively bid. Provides that all competitive bids for contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $30,000 (rather than $25,000), or a lower amount if required by board policy, must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened by a member or employee of the park board at a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 3050"
citation: "Illinois SB 3050 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Castro", "Frances Ann Hurley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6f1985-12e1-433a-a1a7-c4bf755e7c62"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3050&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=137617&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "953b65cbf03baed6f7643ebd0955aa77a2f848616b9e2b2f0c9b5339a2ebb08f"
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 3050 (102nd) — PARK DIST – COMPETITIVE BIDS

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that specified contracts related to supplies, materials, or work involving an expenditure in excess of $30,000 (rather than $25,000), or a lower amount if required by board policy, must be competitively bid. Provides that all competitive bids for contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $30,000 (rather than $25,000), or a lower amount if required by board policy, must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened by a member or employee of the park board at a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced. Effective immediately.

## 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/10200SB3050.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3050eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB3050enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **99–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cristina Castro — primary (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — primary (person)
- Bradley Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro `filing`
- **2022-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 10, 2022
- **2022-02-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 15, 2022
- **2022-02-23** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-02-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2022-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Stephens
- **2022-03-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
- **2022-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-004-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-27** Effective Date May 27, 2022
- **2022-05-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0999 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f6f1985-12e1-433a-a1a7-c4bf755e7c62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).