---
type: "Bill"
title: "REND LAKE CONS DIST-BD MEMBERS"
description: "Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. In the case of a board representing a district that embraces Franklin and Jefferson counties: (i) authorizes the appropriate appointing presiding officer or officers to remove a trustee for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office, without the advice and consent of the corporate authorities; (ii) ends the terms of all trustees on the effective date of this amendatory Act; and (iii) provides for the appointment of new trustees. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "Illinois SB 299 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-15"
last_action: "2005-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07cc9cf0-fb76-4cf7-ade0-8ff198d31dfe"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=299&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15693&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "75069a2d9ba01e3456cfddd6c4ef7a725effc9b2b4d1f780a964a7e604605c45"
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 299 (94th) — REND LAKE CONS DIST-BD MEMBERS

Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. In the case of a board representing a district that embraces Franklin and Jefferson counties: (i) authorizes the appropriate appointing presiding officer or officers to remove a trustee for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office, without the advice and consent of the corporate authorities; (ii) ends the terms of all trustees on the effective date of this amendatory Act; and (iii) provides for the appointment of new trustees. 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=09400SB0299&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15693&DocNum=299&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0299eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15693&DocNum=299&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0299enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=15693&DocNum=299&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **31–24** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gary Forby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2005-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass Local Government; 006-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2005
- **2005-03-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2005
- **2005-03-09** Third Reading - Passed; 031-024-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kurt M. Granberg
- **2005-03-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-21** Effective Date June 21, 2005
- **2005-06-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0064 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07cc9cf0-fb76-4cf7-ade0-8ff198d31dfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).