---
type: "Bill"
title: "INTERGOV COOP-SPECIAL DISTRICT"
description: "Amends the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. Permits a special district that is coterminous with or entirely within the boundaries of a township to merge into the township (now, permitted only in counties with less than 1,000,000 population)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1395"
citation: "Illinois HB 1395 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-09"
last_action: "2005-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a7806d9-0313-486e-9d7e-227bcb5ff79b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1395&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16160&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "7553a1d37b096eefe01fae32c9a27e291ec216cdaea16b0573d49e1058fba64e"
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 1395 (94th) — INTERGOV COOP-SPECIAL DISTRICT

Amends the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act. Permits a special district that is coterminous with or entirely within the boundaries of a township to merge into the township (now, permitted only in counties with less than 1,000,000 population).

## 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=09400HB1395&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16160&DocNum=1395&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1395eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16160&DocNum=1395&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1395enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16160&DocNum=1395&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — primary (person)
- Dan Cronin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano `filing`
- **2005-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2005-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-08** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0144 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a7806d9-0313-486e-9d7e-227bcb5ff79b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).