---
type: "Bill"
title: "RIVER CONSERVANCY-BOARD COMP"
description: "Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that the board of a river conservancy district shall annually set the member compensation to be paid solely out of the funds of the district (rather than a member of the board may not receive more than $3,000 per annum)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 2850"
citation: "Illinois SB 2850 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce Mason", "Michael W. Halpin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dedbacd8-ef4a-463f-9343-94d026190f33"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2850&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=151675&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "9418dc92933a4560f6c32632f82eb0b67e084fac1560f9ec63a858370f442cf8"
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 2850 (103rd) — RIVER CONSERVANCY-BOARD COMP

Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that the board of a river conservancy district shall annually set the member compensation to be paid solely out of the funds of the district (rather than a member of the board may not receive more than $3,000 per annum).

## 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/10300SB2850.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2850eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2850sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB2850enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Executive — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **72–36** (pass) · lower
- Local Government — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joyce Mason — primary (person)
- Michael W. Halpin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale Fowler `filing`
- **2024-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-06** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2024-02-21** Postponed - Local Government
- **2024-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale Fowler `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8 (b-1), this committee amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.
- **2024-03-14** Postponed - Local Government
- **2024-03-15** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
- **2024-03-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2024-03-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-22** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 008-000-000
- **2024-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 9, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael W. Halpin
- **2024-04-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 039-019-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
- **2024-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 10, 2024
- **2024-05-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-004-000
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-036-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0926 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dedbacd8-ef4a-463f-9343-94d026190f33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).