---
type: "Bill"
title: "TWP CD-VACANCY-TWP OFFICE"
description: "TWP CD-VACANCY-TWP OFFICE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 1988"
citation: "Illinois HB 1988 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-01T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2041d0f7-9125-45e3-b70d-47a8c996e8fe"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "b51744f8c0e97c88d34bda4848ba4b9358e20bacdb0e984bedaa2af38a5c456d"
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 1988 (92nd) — TWP CD-VACANCY-TWP OFFICE

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB1988LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- FOWLER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CNTY & TWNSHP `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HCOT
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOLAND
- **2001-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-28
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR BOMKE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOV `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SLGV
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-09
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-10
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 050-005-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-10T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-08T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-08-01
- **2001-08-01T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0194

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2041d0f7-9125-45e3-b70d-47a8c996e8fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).