---
type: "Bill"
title: "BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS"
description: "Creates the Business Improvement District Law. Allows a municipality to create a business improvement district by ordinance. Sets forth requirements for an ordinance creating a business improvement district. Provides that a business improvement district may impose district charges on property owners whose real properties are located within the business improvement district. Provides that the board of directors of a business improvement district shall administer or implement activities and improvements specified in the district plan unless the board contracts with a district management association to do so. Contains provisions relating to district plans; formation of a district; district boundaries; terms and renewal of districts; amendment to district plans; governance of the district; reports of the board of directors of a business improvement district; contesting the validity of a business improvement district, district plan, or district charge; dissolution; and legislative purpose. Provides that the Act applies only to municipalities having a population exceeding 500,000. Defines terms. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3679"
citation: "Illinois SB 3679 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kam Buckner", "Sara Feigenholtz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b814dfc-ff04-4e60-b9f2-e86aafdfec3b"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3679&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=153649&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "060c7a42850a25d01f7a8dc3941da91a588e15f23a04870375ece0c979084c70"
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 3679 (103rd) — BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

Creates the Business Improvement District Law. Allows a municipality to create a business improvement district by ordinance. Sets forth requirements for an ordinance creating a business improvement district. Provides that a business improvement district may impose district charges on property owners whose real properties are located within the business improvement district. Provides that the board of directors of a business improvement district shall administer or implement activities and improvements specified in the district plan unless the board contracts with a district management association to do so. Contains provisions relating to district plans; formation of a district; district boundaries; terms and renewal of districts; amendment to district plans; governance of the district; reports of the board of directors of a business improvement district; contesting the validity of a business improvement district, district plan, or district charge; dissolution; and legislative purpose. Provides that the Act applies only to municipalities having a population exceeding 500,000. Defines terms. 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/10300SB3679.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3679eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3679sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3679enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Executive — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Revenue & Finance — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **96–14** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kam Buckner — primary (person)
- Sara Feigenholtz — primary (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Donald P. DeWitte — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Porfirio — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `filing`
- **2024-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2024-02-21** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
- **2024-02-28** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sara Feigenholtz `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2024-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-07** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 010-000-000
- **2024-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
- **2024-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
- **2024-04-10** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio
- **2024-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 018-000-000
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** 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 096-014-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2024-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date July 1, 2024
- **2024-07-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0646 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b814dfc-ff04-4e60-b9f2-e86aafdfec3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).