---
type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county may appropriate funds from the county treasury and expend those funds for economic development purposes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 310"
citation: "Illinois HB 310 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-18"
last_action: "2007-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2678560a-6b63-4fd8-afab-8909701fd524"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=310&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27066&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "c8723daa90142b1d6762b587a09a8b8b3e79169bd63c8e573df633d392e5de30"
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 310 (95th) — CNTY CD-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county may appropriate funds from the county treasury and expend those funds for economic development purposes. 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=09500HB0310&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27066&DocNum=310&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0310eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27066&DocNum=310&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0310enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27066&DocNum=310&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dale A. Righter — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Winters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Winters `filing`
- **2007-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-02-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
- **2007-02-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-02-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2007-02-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2007-03-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2007-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Postponed - Local Government
- **2007-04-25** Postponed - Local Government
- **2007-05-02** Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2007
- **2007-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
- **2007-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2007
- **2007-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0197 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2678560a-6b63-4fd8-afab-8909701fd524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).