---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOSPITAL DISTRICT-BONDS"
description: "Amends the Hospital District Law. Provides that a hospital district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations, or enter into a line of credit, secured by property taxes, unencumbered accounts receivable, or other revenues. Allows the district to establish a line of credit in connection with those borrowings. Provides that the Treasurer may accept a linked-deposit proposal from an eligible institution, subject to certain restrictions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Illinois SB 290 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-07"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5353685e-5c84-4506-922f-68d5fd806f70"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=290&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27884&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "34da6b7081549c6fc61acb457846caf564dce955ab95f003119cfd4ff4b2a35a"
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 290 (95th) — HOSPITAL DISTRICT-BONDS

Amends the Hospital District Law. Provides that a hospital district may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations, or enter into a line of credit, secured by property taxes, unencumbered accounts receivable, or other revenues. Allows the district to establish a line of credit in connection with those borrowings. Provides that the Treasurer may accept a linked-deposit proposal from an eligible institution, subject to certain restrictions. 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=09500SB0290&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27884&DocNum=290&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0290eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27884&DocNum=290&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0290enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27884&DocNum=290&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Luechtefeld — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Luechtefeld `filing`
- **2007-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Luechtefeld `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2007-02-28** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2007-02-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-01** Held in Local Government
- **2007-03-07** Held in Local Government
- **2007-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Luechtefeld `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2007-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2007-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-18** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
- **2007-05-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
- **2007-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2007-06-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2007
- **2007-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0366 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5353685e-5c84-4506-922f-68d5fd806f70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).