---
type: "Bill"
title: "MWRD-APPOINTMENTS"
description: "Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the Director of Personnel may not make a temporary appointment for more than 119 consecutive or non-consecutive working days (now, 120 days). Makes other changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 523"
citation: "Illinois SB 523 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64c6228-abfd-4d3a-82f2-d80eafdf1d6e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=523&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28322&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "4855a199c3ec0bbca4e74a1d680abc12645ebda8c5b3f4195ee885e2bbf1c056"
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 523 (95th) — MWRD-APPOINTMENTS

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Provides that the Director of Personnel may not make a temporary appointment for more than 119 consecutive or non-consecutive working days (now, 120 days). Makes other changes.

## 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=09500SB0523&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28322&DocNum=523&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0523eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28322&DocNum=523&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0523enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28322&DocNum=523&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin A. Sandoval — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `filing`
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-29** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- **2007-03-29** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2007-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-21** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0345 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c64c6228-abfd-4d3a-82f2-d80eafdf1d6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).