---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 2142"
citation: "Illinois HB 2142 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Meier", "Terri Bryant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/202d0650-73a1-4e03-bd04-6cc60979d199"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2142&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=159790&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "81f201b07429299cd5cabeaf00d166d784f0744b74a9e05563b738620205189f"
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 2142 (104th) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Beardstown Regional Flood Prevention District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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/10400HB2142.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2142eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2142ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2142enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Police & Fire Committee, Amendment 1 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles Meier — primary (person)
- Terri Bryant — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Chapin Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Balkema — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Harry Benton — cosponsor (person)
- Jason R. Bunting — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Canty — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Nicolle Grasse — cosponsor (person)
- Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne M. Ness — cosponsor (person)
- Yolonda Morris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony M. McCombie `filing`
- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Charles Meier
- **2025-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Police & Fire Committee
- **2025-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Police & Fire Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
- **2025-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Swanson
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa Davis
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
- **2025-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **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. John F. Curran
- **2025-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
- **2025-04-29** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Terri Bryant
- **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 **
- **2025-05-21** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
- **2025-05-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2025
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0207 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/202d0650-73a1-4e03-bd04-6cc60979d199`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).