---
type: "Bill"
title: "EMERG TEL SYSTEMS-CNTY BOARD"
description: "Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that county board members may serve on an Emergency Telephone System Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4725"
citation: "Illinois HB 4725 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-01-31"
last_action: "2008-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8100d72d-ccea-4467-b6d8-5d0a92a1afa8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4725&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35461&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "0cac6c92c75498637dfbd211058691e195b65397b289b35cb634f00cef1f465c"
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 4725 (95th) — EMERG TEL SYSTEMS-CNTY BOARD

Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that county board members may serve on an Emergency Telephone System Board.

## 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=09500HB4725&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35461&DocNum=4725&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4725eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35461&DocNum=4725&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4725enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35461&DocNum=4725&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-31** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack McGuire `filing`
- **2008-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-03** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2008-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2008 `reading-1`
- **2008-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2008-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-12** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0806 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8100d72d-ccea-4467-b6d8-5d0a92a1afa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).