---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOV-SWEARING IN TIME"
description: "Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Highway Code. Changes obsolete references to the date that various local government officers take office to conform to current law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Illinois SB 489 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/251dd11d-a797-4281-831f-1016946ea6ff"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=489&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17278&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "98fc0c342142dbb2e0f2fe3b8ddf4838ed9471cdb482f3b114c3793539ee6848"
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 489 (94th) — LOCAL GOV-SWEARING IN TIME

Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Highway Code. Changes obsolete references to the date that various local government officers take office to conform to current law.

## 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=09400SB0489&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17278&DocNum=489&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0489eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17278&DocNum=489&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0489enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17278&DocNum=489&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carole Pankau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-16** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-18** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven J. Rauschenberger
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `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
- **2005-03-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Carole Pankau `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-06** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2005-04-08** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
- **2005-04-11** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Pankau `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-04-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0273 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/251dd11d-a797-4281-831f-1016946ea6ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).