---
type: "Bill"
title: "MWRD-BOND LIMIT INCREASE"
description: "Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Increases the amount of debt that the District may issue during a budget year, from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 320"
citation: "Illinois SB 320 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e84ff476-5050-4246-9e4e-80ed21b0a7d3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=320&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=2053&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "4dd10b26e8fd6ec869a975bc20e13e47c2efdc38b0506abb415cf3d68e9cb022"
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 320 (93rd) — MWRD-BOND LIMIT INCREASE

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Increases the amount of debt that the District may issue during a budget year, from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0320&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2053&DocNum=320&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0320eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2053&DocNum=320&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB0320enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=2053&DocNum=320&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **72–44** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **31–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-06** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `filing`
- **2003-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Postponed - Executive
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Executive; 008-004-001 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
- **2003-03-24** Third Reading - Passed; 031-017-004 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ralph C. Capparelli
- **2003-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-02** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-05** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-23** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003 `reading-3`
- **2003-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-044-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2003
- **2003-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0279 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e84ff476-5050-4246-9e4e-80ed21b0a7d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).