---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNICIPAL HOTEL OPERATORS TAX"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notice of an election on a petition to transfer territory."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2676"
citation: "Illinois SB 2676 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69fdd135-d5e0-4b1c-9c06-2c2b6a5f4dc7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2676&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=37133&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "4b1abcd12d78e1d621d68f370501b5c67d1b1bd23ffc6377dccedb4e54c1e5db"
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 SB 2676 (95th) — MUNICIPAL HOTEL OPERATORS TAX

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notice of an election on a petition to transfer territory.

## 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=09500SB2676&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37133&DocNum=2676&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2676eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37133&DocNum=2676&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2676enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37133&DocNum=2676&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–14** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **64–48** (pass) · lower
- Motion — **38–17** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **74–23** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, Jr. `filing`
- **2008-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-12** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2008-03-13** Do Pass Executive; 008-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008
- **2008-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2008
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2008-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000
- **2008-04-03** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. David Koehler
- **2008-04-03** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Koehler `amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2008
- **2008-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 038-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-08** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2008-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-21** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-21** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2008-05-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
- **2008-05-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 007-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-21** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 064-048-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-26** Governor Vetoed `executive-veto`
- **2008-09-22** Placed Calendar Total Veto September 22, 2008
- **2008-09-22** Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. David Koehler
- **2008-09-22** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2008-09-22** Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 038-017-000
- **2008-09-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-09-22** Placed on Calendar Total Veto September 23, 2008
- **2008-09-23** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2008-09-23** Override Governor Veto - House Passed 074-023-000
- **2008-09-23** Both Houses Override Total Veto `veto-override-passage`
- **2008-09-25** Effective Date September 23, 2008
- **2008-09-25** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0967 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69fdd135-d5e0-4b1c-9c06-2c2b6a5f4dc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).