---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADLT ENTRNMNT-FOREST PRESERVE"
description: "ADLT ENTRNMNT-FOREST PRESERVE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 2473"
citation: "Illinois HB 2473 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-01-15T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3dc64cc-e143-49b6-8b4b-4681cc02467c"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "ef67aecdbb6f51ba0e4d7d8efa0f6bb4e510ac8e0a85153a657daf223bb05223"
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 2473 (90th) — ADLT ENTRNMNT-FOREST PRESERVE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB2473LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-01-15T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1998-01-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BEAUBIEN
- **1998-01-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-01-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-01-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOVT `referral-committee`
- **1998-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HLGV
- **1998-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BLACK
- **1998-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1998-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL
- **1998-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1998-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BLACK
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-02-04T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOC GOV & ELE `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 007-001-000 SLGV
- **1998-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-04-22
- **1998-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-04-29
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-07-24
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0634

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3dc64cc-e143-49b6-8b4b-4681cc02467c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).