---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL LIBRARY-TRUSTEE PETITION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Makes the minimum signature requirement for a nominating petition for the office of library board trustee 2% of the number of votes cast at the last election for library trustee or 25, whichever is less (now, 50)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 499"
citation: "Illinois HB 499 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-30"
last_action: "2007-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05e8a361-d68a-4f0a-be5c-2c375a8df281"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=499&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27506&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "a6f9f63f8f8891f648e75e3233f3ddc9693b3cab5f0d14a534d5016ecd7852fc"
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 499 (95th) — LOCAL LIBRARY-TRUSTEE PETITION

Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Makes the minimum signature requirement for a nominating petition for the office of library board trustee 2% of the number of votes cast at the last election for library trustee or 25, whichever is less (now, 50).

## 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=09500HB0499&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27506&DocNum=499&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0499eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27506&DocNum=499&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0499enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27506&DocNum=499&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Sacia — primary (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-30** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia `filing`
- **2007-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-07** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-004-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2007-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- **2007-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
- **2007-04-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2007-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0065 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05e8a361-d68a-4f0a-be5c-2c375a8df281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).