---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIC CENTER CODE"
description: "CIVIC CENTER CODE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 235"
citation: "Illinois HB 235 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-23T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1436ab2-19bd-4351-8c16-97439fdd10f7"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "40d8fe18bb91ea84a2de7c33ec18451f6cb6478fe48f7969e7f65e3e3f19ea98"
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 235 (90th) — CIVIC CENTER CODE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0235LV.html)

## Sponsors

- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- LINDNER — cosponsor (person)
- MAITLAND — cosponsor (person)
- MAUTINO — cosponsor (person)
- RUTHERFORD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-23T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-23T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MAUTINO
- **1997-01-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINDNER
- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE H
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 014-000-000 HEXC
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-003-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 97-04-24
- **1997-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR JACOBS
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** SPONSOR REMOVED JACOBS
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO MAITLAND
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CHANGED TO JACOBS
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 011-000-000 SEXC
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-05-09
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-05-13
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-12T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-08-08T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0328

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1436ab2-19bd-4351-8c16-97439fdd10f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).