---
type: "Bill"
title: "GRAVEYARDS-TRUSTEE SALARY"
description: "Amends the Public Graveyards Act. Provides that the compensation of a public graveyard trustee may not exceed $1,000 (instead of $500) per year. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 5022"
citation: "Illinois HB 5022 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-13"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29bdd059-9ab1-4cfc-8413-6c69bb32ca43"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5022&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35985&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "9972f2bf70ddee3def47d22bd9c0d3b0cde11d296d88ede9bfaa50f860170235"
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 5022 (95th) — GRAVEYARDS-TRUSTEE SALARY

Amends the Public Graveyards Act. Provides that the compensation of a public graveyard trustee may not exceed $1,000 (instead of $500) per year. 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=09500HB5022&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35985&DocNum=5022&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5022eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35985&DocNum=5022&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5022enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35985&DocNum=5022&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Motion — **73–39** (fail) · lower
- Third Reading — **67–41** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **48–8** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **45–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2008-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-26** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 006-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-041-000 `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`
- **2008-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2008-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **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
- **2008-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **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; 048-008-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-15** Governor Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2008-09-08** Placed on Calendar Total Veto September 10, 2008
- **2008-09-09** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Robert Rita
- **2008-09-10** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2008-09-10** Override Governor Veto - House Passed 073-039-000
- **2008-09-22** Placed Calendar Total Veto September 22, 2008
- **2008-09-22** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. William R. Haine
- **2008-09-22** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2008-09-22** Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 045-009-000
- **2008-09-22** Both Houses Override Total Veto `veto-override-passage`
- **2008-09-25** Effective Date September 22, 2008
- **2008-09-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0981 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29bdd059-9ab1-4cfc-8413-6c69bb32ca43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).