---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONDO BYLAW-QUORUM-FEE ARREARS"
description: "Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that bylaws shall provide what percentage of unit owners, of other than 20%, shall constitute a quorum provided that for condominiums over 20 units the percentage of unit owners shall be 20% unless the unit owners with a majority percentage in the association provide for a higher percentage in voting on amendments to the bylaws, a unit owner in arrears on his or her regular and separate assessments for more than 60 days shall not be counted for purposes of determining if a quorum is present (instead of bylaws shall provide what percentage of unit owners, of other than 20%, shall constitute a quorum provided that for condominiums over 20 units the percentage of unit owners shall be 20% unless the unit owners with a majority percentage in the association provide for a higher percentage)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Illinois SB 154 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-30"
last_action: "2009-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce3526b6-449e-4c67-ab50-a94198ef8548"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=154&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40602&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "448ac62760adc2213d2a879774382f03bda107c7b5b576560e83dfdd2f3ae68d"
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 154 (96th) — CONDO BYLAW-QUORUM-FEE ARREARS

Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that bylaws shall provide what percentage of unit owners, of other than 20%, shall constitute a quorum provided that for condominiums over 20 units the percentage of unit owners shall be 20% unless the unit owners with a majority percentage in the association provide for a higher percentage in voting on amendments to the bylaws, a unit owner in arrears on his or her regular and separate assessments for more than 60 days shall not be counted for purposes of determining if a quorum is present (instead of bylaws shall provide what percentage of unit owners, of other than 20%, shall constitute a quorum provided that for condominiums over 20 units the percentage of unit owners shall be 20% unless the unit owners with a majority percentage in the association provide for a higher percentage).

## 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=09600SB0154&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40602&DocNum=154&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0154eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40602&DocNum=154&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0154enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40602&DocNum=154&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Susan Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2009-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2009-02-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-02-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2009-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2009
- **2009-02-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2009-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2009
- **2009-03-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2009-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2009-03-25** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Garrett `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2009
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2009-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0055 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce3526b6-449e-4c67-ab50-a94198ef8548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).