---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 841"
citation: "Illinois SB 841 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-18"
last_action: "2006-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5a05350-d0a1-4943-ab25-7489878b72b8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=841&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17870&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "1f5e5288fc6fcd8015f6de7d9956f5d25b0c5bbf8eaea52869b890634798bdc5"
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 841 (94th) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Act.

## 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=09400SB0841&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17870&DocNum=841&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0841eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17870&DocNum=841&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0841enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17870&DocNum=841&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **64–50** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **50–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2005-02-18** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2005-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-18** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-16** Do Pass Local Government; 006-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2005
- **2005-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 13, 2005
- **2005-04-15** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to December 31, 2005 `reading-3`
- **2005-07-01** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-11-04** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Extended to January 9, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2006-02-23** Approved for Consideration Rules
- **2006-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 24, 2006
- **2006-02-23** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2006-02-23** Sponsor Removed Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2006-02-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2006-03-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
- **2006-03-01** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Trotter `amendment-passage`
- **2006-03-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2006-03-01** Third Reading - Passed; 050-002-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2006-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass / Standard Debate Local Government Committee; 006-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Standard Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- **2006-03-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2006-03-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2006-03-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 7, 2006
- **2006-04-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2006-04-04** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2006-04-04** Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 064-050-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-04-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-05-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-27** Effective Date June 27, 2006
- **2006-06-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0951 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5a05350-d0a1-4943-ab25-7489878b72b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).