---
type: "Bill"
title: "MWRD-REMOVES BOND LIMITATION"
description: "Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Removes a limitation providing that sanitary districts may issue certain bonds only until December 31, 2016."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4802"
citation: "Illinois HB 4802 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-12"
last_action: "2010-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdbb95e2-2110-4464-a2e2-e643b627a5dd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4802&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49220&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "06f9b71138e1b466f9a0dd57e70386209d4e37c4d49d473fff2d987a444bed48"
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 HB 4802 (96th) — MWRD-REMOVES BOND LIMITATION

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Removes a limitation providing that sanitary districts may issue certain bonds only until December 31, 2016.

## 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=09600HB4802&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49220&DocNum=4802&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4802eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49220&DocNum=4802&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4802enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49220&DocNum=4802&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **84–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel J. Burke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-12** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel J. Burke `filing`
- **2010-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-23** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-025-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2010-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2010
- **2010-05-04** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-27** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1308 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdbb95e2-2110-4464-a2e2-e643b627a5dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).