---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL RECORDS-RULES"
description: "LOCAL RECORDS-RULES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 840"
citation: "Illinois HB 840 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/354e7fec-4808-4dd4-b62f-76c28b1de932"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "ec5a7c7899621e7db21e00650eeba589f79ca83eb3bc3076ebb26e59f5eacc8a"
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 840 (91st) — LOCAL RECORDS-RULES

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0840** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0840LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BELLOCK — cosponsor (person)
- MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,RICHARD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 008-007-000 HEXC
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** RE-COMMITTED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE
- **1999-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HEXC
- **1999-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 104-009-001 `reading-3`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-04-15
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOV `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LOCAL GOV S
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SLGV
- **2000-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-03-29
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS,J
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS,J
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SLGV
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS,J
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SLGV/009-000-000
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MYERS,J
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-04-07
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR #1/01/MEYER
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR #2/02/MEYER
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR #1/01/MEYER
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL/005-000-000
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR #2/02/MEYER
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL/005-000-000
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/115-000-000
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-01-01
- **2000-07-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0886

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/354e7fec-4808-4dd4-b62f-76c28b1de932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).