---
type: "Bill"
title: "SW ILL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY"
description: "SW ILL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Illinois HB 281 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93813032-848d-4caa-9d63-6622839d1dc9"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "1f21193cfe7018ec7e5124dcdf69e5ae927ec6579fe0bbbcbced696a4835e5c9"
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 281 (90th) — SW ILL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB0281LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- BRADFORD — cosponsor (person)
- CLAYBORNE — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,STEVE — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- STEPHENS — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-29T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOVT `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DAVIS,STEVE
- **1997-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE LOCAL GOVT
- **1997-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR STEPHENS
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRADFORD
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LOCAL GOVT H
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED/PLACED ON CC 016-000-000 HLGV
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CONSENT CALENDAR 2ND READING
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR LANG
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** SENATE SPONSOR WATSON
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CLAYBORNE
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOC GOV & ELE `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 007-000-000 SLGV
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-14
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-03-19
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0005

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93813032-848d-4caa-9d63-6622839d1dc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).