---
type: "Bill"
title: "EASTERN IL DEVELOP AUTH-QUORUM"
description: "Amends the Eastern Illinois Economic Development Authority Act. Provides that a majority of the public members of the governing body of the Eastern Illinois Economic Development Authority (instead of 8 members) constitutes a quorum. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4147"
citation: "Illinois HB 4147 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-10-01"
last_action: "2008-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a71a2284-4bc3-44bd-b04f-119fcad81b5a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4147&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=34288&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "527da4c191348ae86cbe6383291cd00ccbacf73e413db227e11caeaeaa25a7c4"
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 4147 (95th) — EASTERN IL DEVELOP AUTH-QUORUM

Amends the Eastern Illinois Economic Development Authority Act. Provides that a majority of the public members of the governing body of the Eastern Illinois Economic Development Authority (instead of 8 members) constitutes a quorum. 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=09500HB4147&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=34288&DocNum=4147&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4147eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=34288&DocNum=4147&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4147enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=34288&DocNum=4147&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Naomi D. Jakobsson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-10-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson `filing`
- **2007-10-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-10-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-12-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2008-04-02** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) April 18, 2008
- **2008-04-02** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2008-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008; Substantive House Bills Out of Committee
- **2008-05-21** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 22, 2008
- **2008-05-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2008
- **2008-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0854 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a71a2284-4bc3-44bd-b04f-119fcad81b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).