---
type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-CODE HEARING UNIT"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board in any county (instead of a county with a population of less then 3,000,000) may establish a code hearing unit. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Illinois SB 83 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-31"
last_action: "2007-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38168dc0-404d-40b7-94ca-92ad0c2d4cdb"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=83&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27295&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "5d60cc114c36c7c68dceb234475dca6954b5b720ab9c136c7d62e5a66ea5a8e9"
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 83 (95th) — CNTY CD-CODE HEARING UNIT

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board in any county (instead of a county with a population of less then 3,000,000) may establish a code hearing unit. 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=09500SB0083&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27295&DocNum=83&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0083eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27295&DocNum=83&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0083enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27295&DocNum=83&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `filing`
- **2007-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-07** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Held in Local Government
- **2007-03-01** Postponed - Local Government
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2007
- **2007-03-07** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert S. Molaro
- **2007-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-18** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
- **2007-05-25** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2007
- **2007-05-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-27** Effective Date August 27, 2007
- **2007-08-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0471 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38168dc0-404d-40b7-94ca-92ad0c2d4cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).