---
type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-CODE HEARING UNIT"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board of any county that establishes a code hearing unit may, by ordinance, establish a fine schedule for code violations. The fine schedule must include (i) a determinate fine for each code violation that may be voluntarily paid by a respondent prior to his or her hearing date and (ii) the fine that may otherwise be imposed for each code violation. Requires that under specified circumstances a violation notice and report form contain the amount of any fine imposed pursuant to a schedule of fines approved by the county board. Provides that, in lieu of a personal appearance at a hearing, a county may provide for the voluntary payment of a determinate fine in accordance with a schedule of fines approved by ordinance. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5972"
citation: "Illinois HB 5972 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8ab1628-70ed-4d69-b2c1-b30689056eb7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5972&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51638&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "b41ea4be45833e670e8a219555adf885e216faa2a6c84be92d59841ef96feffc"
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 5972 (96th) — CNTY CD-CODE HEARING UNIT

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board of any county that establishes a code hearing unit may, by ordinance, establish a fine schedule for code violations. The fine schedule must include (i) a determinate fine for each code violation that may be voluntarily paid by a respondent prior to his or her hearing date and (ii) the fine that may otherwise be imposed for each code violation. Requires that under specified circumstances a violation notice and report form contain the amount of any fine imposed pursuant to a schedule of fines approved by the county board. Provides that, in lieu of a personal appearance at a hearing, a county may provide for the voluntary payment of a determinate fine in accordance with a schedule of fines approved by ordinance. 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=09600HB5972&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51638&DocNum=5972&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5972eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51638&DocNum=5972&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5972enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51638&DocNum=5972&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ronald A. Wait — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Winters `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-02** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-11** 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
- **2010-03-23** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2010-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2010-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2010-03-23** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2010-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-24** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2010-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass Local Government; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-21** Effective Date July 21, 2010
- **2010-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1157 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8ab1628-70ed-4d69-b2c1-b30689056eb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).