---
type: "Bill"
title: "NIU TRUSTEE-EMINENT DOMAIN"
description: "NIU TRUSTEE-EMINENT DOMAIN"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 770"
citation: "Illinois SB 770 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-31T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0434f9d-8aed-4937-9d02-12d7ccb4814b"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "f26fef46210af7d552bbba4f400176719132c846cdaec0ab4170c7b080591051"
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 770 (90th) — NIU TRUSTEE-EMINENT DOMAIN

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0770** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0770LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BURZYNSKI — cosponsor (person)
- CAPPARELLI — cosponsor (person)
- COWLISHAW — cosponsor (person)
- CULLERTON — cosponsor (person)
- DELEO — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- PETERSON — cosponsor (person)
- RYDER — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,ART — cosponsor (person)
- WIRSING — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PETERSON
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EDUCATION S
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 006-000-003 SESE
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-06
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DELEO
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CULLERTON
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-001-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR WIRSING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CAPPARELLI
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR TURNER,ART
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RYDER
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COWLISHAW
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE HIGHER ED `referral-committee`
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 014-001-000 HHED
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 111-002-001 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-31T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-31T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-31T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0284

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0434f9d-8aed-4937-9d02-12d7ccb4814b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).