---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONDOS-BYLAWS"
description: "Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that the bylaws shall include a requirement that unit owners selected to the board of managers shall reside on the property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 636"
citation: "Illinois SB 636 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz", "Laura M. Murphy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fcaabb8-f26e-4d97-887a-503c3b4b9266"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=636&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133235&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "c71509ef4fb0ffd0738e79af605fd10f367101c8b9342975a1d748fbb60f1955"
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 636 (102nd) — CONDOS-BYLAWS

Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that the bylaws shall include a requirement that unit owners selected to the board of managers shall reside on the property.

## 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/10200SB0636.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0636eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0636sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0636enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **74–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — primary (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy `filing`
- **2021-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** To Judiciary- Property Law
- **2021-04-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2021-04-13** Reported Back To Judiciary; 003-000-000
- **2021-04-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2021
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2021
- **2021-04-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-001 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Motion Do Pass - Lost Judiciary - Civil Committee; 008-005-000 `committee-failure`
- **2021-05-05** Remains in Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 010-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-034-002 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-26** Effective Date January 1, 2022
- **2021-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0162 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fcaabb8-f26e-4d97-887a-503c3b4b9266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).