---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CODE-ADMIN ADJUDICATION"
description: "Amends the Administrative Adjudications Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an ordinance established under the Division to establish a system of administrative adjudication shall allow hearing officers presiding over adjudicatory hearings to enter orders prohibiting further code violations or compelling the remediation of existing code violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 1842"
citation: "Illinois HB 1842 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald P. DeWitte", "Patrick Sheehan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b188972-5398-44b9-98a7-bbf0595606bd"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1842&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=159332&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "bc25be6b0d473a1001df48911f3e417859258a815f23775da5481c465dacdeb2"
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 1842 (104th) — MUNI CODE-ADMIN ADJUDICATION

Amends the Administrative Adjudications Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that an ordinance established under the Division to establish a system of administrative adjudication shall allow hearing officers presiding over adjudicatory hearings to enter orders prohibiting further code violations or compelling the remediation of existing code violations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1842.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1842eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1842ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB1842enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Cities & Villages — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **55–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donald P. DeWitte — primary (person)
- Patrick Sheehan — primary (person)
- Amy L. Grant — cosponsor (person)
- Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Stephens — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Vella — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Jason R. Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Martin J. Moylan — cosponsor (person)
- Martin McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole La Ha — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Rita — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
- William "Will" Davis — cosponsor (person)
- William E Hauter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez `filing`
- **2025-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-25** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernandez `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
- **2025-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 010-000-000
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-10** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patrick Sheehan
- **2025-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
- **2025-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kyle Moore
- **2025-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens
- **2025-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy L. Grant
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
- **2025-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
- **2025-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
- **2025-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2025-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis
- **2025-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
- **2025-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2025-04-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2025-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
- **2025-04-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
- **2025-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-29** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2025-05-08** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2025
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 055-002-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0200 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b188972-5398-44b9-98a7-bbf0595606bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).