---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTIES-OFFICE OF AUDITOR"
description: "Amends the Officers and Employees Article of the Counties Code. Decreases the minimum number of inhabitants that must reside in a county for the county to be required to create the office of county auditor from 75,000 inhabitants to 70,000 inhabitants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 1153"
citation: "Illinois HB 1153 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael T. Marron", "Paul Faraci"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09ea4c9b-e778-4653-92cd-818b1eb12204"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1153&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=143216&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "5d52a0a4376a4a7d54ec684cd9c17ebea12383de99b4348260294222998d60c3"
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 HB 1153 (103rd) — COUNTIES-OFFICE OF AUDITOR

Amends the Officers and Employees Article of the Counties Code. Decreases the minimum number of inhabitants that must reside in a county for the county to be required to create the office of county auditor from 75,000 inhabitants to 70,000 inhabitants.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1153.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1153eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB1153enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Counties & Townships — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael T. Marron — primary (person)
- Paul Faraci — primary (person)
- Brad Halbrook — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Plummer — cosponsor (person)
- Jed Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Katie Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
- Maurice A. West, II — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Windhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael T. Marron `filing`
- **2023-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-28** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jed Davis
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Halbrook
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
- **2023-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci
- **2023-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2023
- **2023-05-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
- **2023-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 8, 2023
- **2023-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2023-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0117 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09ea4c9b-e778-4653-92cd-818b1eb12204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).