---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 825"
citation: "Illinois SB 825 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/267399dd-324b-4d4f-8050-36d1ed75d8c8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=825&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28945&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "2058261efb7ee37a42d8255b4fadd46dd7d0968b722882cde1c0f1678ff3a2a1"
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 825 (95th) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Public Officer Simultaneous Tenure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.

## 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=09500SB0825&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28945&DocNum=825&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0825eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28945&DocNum=825&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0825enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28945&DocNum=825&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty `filing`
- **2007-02-08** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Do Pass Executive; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. David Koehler
- **2007-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Koehler `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `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. Aaron Schock
- **2007-04-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** 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
- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-23** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0389 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/267399dd-324b-4d4f-8050-36d1ed75d8c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).