---
type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-TEST WIND TOWERS"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. In a Section concerning counties under township organization, provides that public notice of a special meeting of a county board must be given as prescribed in the Open Meetings Act (now, publication in a specified newspaper)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 883"
citation: "Illinois HB 883 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-10"
last_action: "2009-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d933608-195e-40a8-b05a-4ed1896a93f2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=883&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42430&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "6f257fd7f53de28229a322c510e8154c03e9cd336d9562acc88456cf22e7a9d3"
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 883 (96th) — CNTY CD-TEST WIND TOWERS

Amends the Counties Code. In a Section concerning counties under township organization, provides that public notice of a special meeting of a county board must be given as prescribed in the Open Meetings Act (now, publication in a specified newspaper).

## 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=09600HB0883&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42430&DocNum=883&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0883eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42430&DocNum=883&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0883enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42430&DocNum=883&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **97–17** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Noland — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Verschoore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael G. Connelly `filing`
- **2009-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-017-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-24** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2009-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-14** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-05-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
- **2009-05-14** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2009-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Counties & Townships Committee; 009-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2009
- **2009-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0566 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d933608-195e-40a8-b05a-4ed1896a93f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).