---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECT CD-COMMISSIONERS APPOINT"
description: "ELECT CD-COMMISSIONERS APPOINT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 956"
citation: "Illinois SB 956 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 69
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0be88bc7-9517-45b8-9963-0bf1d7aad494"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "74429865a7e9dd1c568994cad02678f0512faf252f74a33d387dee8719ecf38e"
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 956 (91st) — ELECT CD-COMMISSIONERS APPOINT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0956LV.html)

## Sponsors

- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- HULTGREN — cosponsor (person)
- MCCARTHY — cosponsor (person)
- PHILIP — cosponsor (person)
- WOJCIK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOV `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SLGV
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-18
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-19
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR WOJCIK
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEC CAMP REF `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 006-000-001 HECR
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCCARTHY
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDING DEADLINE
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/21/99
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDING DEADLINE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/31/99
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** RECLLD TO SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-WINKEL
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CURRIE
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-WINKEL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 04-CURRIE
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** JOINT-ALTERNATE-SPONSOR CHANGED TO MCCARTHY
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HULTGREN
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-CURRIE
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** WITHDRAWN
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-WINKEL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** CHAIR RULES HA #3 OUT OF ORDER
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** APPEAL RULING OF CHAIR WINKEL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** SHALL THE CHAIR BE SUSTAINED
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION PREVAILED/CHAIR SUSTAINED 060-055-000
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-WINKEL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** RULED OUT OF ORDER
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 04-CURRIE
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a) HOUSE AMEND #1
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 04
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 04/PHILIP
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 04/PHILIP
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SEXC
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 04/PHILIP
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SEXC/013-000-000
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 04/PHILIP
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 04/056-000-000
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-25T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-07-29
- **1999-07-29T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0358

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0be88bc7-9517-45b8-9963-0bf1d7aad494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).