---
type: "Bill"
title: "TWSHP CD-CEMETERY BOARD"
description: "Amends the Township Code. Provides that, if a township owns or controls a cemetery lying within or without, or partly within and partly without, the territory of the township, and if the township has no township collector, then the township supervisor may appoint a cemetery board of managers (now, only the township collector may appoint a cemetery board of managers)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 1241"
citation: "Illinois SB 1241 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Coffey, Jr.", "Steve McClure"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/646c250d-2aac-4695-9402-0b49da6def50"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1241&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=159060&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "8b45518905f589ed9b726c320db9311f10f3a5093b9a0b3cf57ec14b8f2195fb"
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 1241 (104th) — TWSHP CD-CEMETERY BOARD

Amends the Township Code. Provides that, if a township owns or controls a cemetery lying within or without, or partly within and partly without, the territory of the township, and if the township has no township collector, then the township supervisor may appoint a cemetery board of managers (now, only the township collector may appoint a cemetery board of managers).

## 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/SB/PDF/10400SB1241.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1241eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1241enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · upper
- Local Government — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Counties & Townships — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Coffey, Jr. — primary (person)
- Steve McClure — primary (person)
- Aarón M. Ortíz — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Halbrook — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)
- Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)
- Thaddeus Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steve McClure `filing`
- **2025-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-04** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2025
- **2025-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.
- **2025-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
- **2025-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2025-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2025-04-10** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Halbrook
- **2025-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 009-000-000
- **2025-04-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
- **2025-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0086 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/646c250d-2aac-4695-9402-0b49da6def50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).