---
type: "Bill"
title: "PARK DIST CD-PUBLIC SAFETY"
description: "Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district may levy and collect annually a tax for maintaining a police system, for implementing and maintaining public safety and security measures, or both (currently, only for maintaining a police system) within the parks, playgrounds, and other facilities maintained by the district. Defines \"public safety and security measures\". Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 1840"
citation: "Illinois SB 1840 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elgie R. Sims, Jr.", "Justin Slaughter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34437212-38e0-4789-88b5-d9ffa46a9731"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1840&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=146678&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "1f87cb529063ba0bcc112bb131813ee31f938b1cc868fc91d19ff933ffbda501"
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 1840 (103rd) — PARK DIST CD-PUBLIC SAFETY

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district may levy and collect annually a tax for maintaining a police system, for implementing and maintaining public safety and security measures, or both (currently, only for maintaining a police system) within the parks, playgrounds, and other facilities maintained by the district. Defines "public safety and security measures". Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

## 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/SB/PDF/10300SB1840.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1840eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1840enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Revenue & Finance — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
- Justin Slaughter — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. `filing`
- **2023-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Local Government; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2023-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 24, 2023
- **2023-03-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2023-04-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 019-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
- **2023-06-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2023
- **2023-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0235 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34437212-38e0-4789-88b5-d9ffa46a9731`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).