---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOV DEBT REFORM ACT"
description: "LOCAL GOV DEBT REFORM ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 2277"
citation: "Illinois HB 2277 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 64
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2003-01-13T00:00:00-06:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31a61c01-98a0-46dd-bda8-4a545d7c68ac"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "92147dbda08232c82451040a3464de3ccc142074d05fc62fce0768e9c7942d35"
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 2277 (92nd) — LOCAL GOV DEBT REFORM ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB2277LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BROSNAHAN — cosponsor (person)
- CROSS — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HEXC
- **2001-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MOORE
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MOORE
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-MOORE
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO DANIELS
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MOORE
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a) HA'S #1,2,3
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 089-024-002 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-17
- **2001-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DILLARD
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-18T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE LOCAL GOV `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-LOCAL GOV S
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 006-002-000 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
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-004-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO MOORE
- **2001-05-24T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/MOORE
- **2001-05-24T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-05-24T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL
- **2002-11-26T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO OSMOND
- **2002-11-26T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR #2/01/MATHIAS
- **2002-11-26T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2002-11-26T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION TO CONCUR REFERRED TO HCOT
- **2002-11-26T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE RULES
- **2002-12-03T00:00:00-06:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 003-000-000 HRUL
- **2002-12-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2002-12-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BROSNAHAN
- **2002-12-04T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION TO CONCUR/SENATE AMENDMENT NO.(S) 01
- **2002-12-04T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HCOT/009-000-000
- **2002-12-04T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2002-12-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROSS
- **2003-01-05T00:00:00-06:00** RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(B) RULES HRUL
- **2003-01-06T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO MATHIAS
- **2003-01-06T00:00:00-06:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 004-000-000 HRUL
- **2003-01-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2003-01-06T00:00:00-06:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/110-000-000
- **2003-01-06T00:00:00-06:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2003-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2003-01-13T00:00:00-06:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2003-01-13T00:00:00-06:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 03-01-13
- **2003-01-13T00:00:00-06:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0879

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31a61c01-98a0-46dd-bda8-4a545d7c68ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).