---
type: "Bill"
title: "HWY CD-PECUNIARY INTEREST"
description: "Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that in townships with a population of less than 15,000, a highway commissioner may have a pecuniary interest in lease contracts if the aggregate total of the contracts is less than $2,000 (rather than $1,000) in the same fiscal year with the approval of the town board of trustees or the highway board of auditors. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1379"
citation: "Illinois SB 1379 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f38cb74c-bb79-4d44-bdd4-c27f3ac7fdec"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1379&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42615&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "f6aec59e8af49185663e931a39dfd73f0fa867a39e343f58f212b4c607c410d5"
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 1379 (96th) — HWY CD-PECUNIARY INTEREST

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that in townships with a population of less than 15,000, a highway commissioner may have a pecuniary interest in lease contracts if the aggregate total of the contracts is less than $2,000 (rather than $1,000) in the same fiscal year with the approval of the town board of trustees or the highway board of auditors. 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=09600SB1379&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42615&DocNum=1379&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1379eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42615&DocNum=1379&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1379enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42615&DocNum=1379&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **82–33** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `filing`
- **2009-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2009
- **2009-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2009
- **2009-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jil Tracy
- **2009-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-033-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2009
- **2009-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0422 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f38cb74c-bb79-4d44-bdd4-c27f3ac7fdec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).