---
type: "Bill"
title: "PARK DISTRICT-PROPERTY"
description: "Amends the Chicago Park District Act. Provides that the Chicago Park District may sell, lease, or otherwise convey all or any portion of District-owned property that is used solely and exclusively as office or administrative space."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2788"
citation: "Illinois SB 2788 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c3046ca-f714-4d79-a9ad-36a31c8936d3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2788&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=37376&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "1ad843217747b7db9e192fc8a1bb92b6431c193a323907b1fb672a15e729089d"
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 2788 (95th) — PARK DISTRICT-PROPERTY

Amends the Chicago Park District Act. Provides that the Chicago Park District may sell, lease, or otherwise convey all or any portion of District-owned property that is used solely and exclusively as office or administrative space.

## 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=09500SB2788&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37376&DocNum=2788&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2788eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37376&DocNum=2788&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2788enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37376&DocNum=2788&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)
- Kevin Joyce — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2008-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-28** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-06** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 11, 2008
- **2008-03-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 1, 2008
- **2008-04-17** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
- **2008-04-17** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-14** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2008-05-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-05-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2008-05-21** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-21** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008
- **2008-05-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-26** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0936 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c3046ca-f714-4d79-a9ad-36a31c8936d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).