---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CD-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may appropriate and expend funds for economic development purposes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1730"
citation: "Illinois HB 1730 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dec081a7-9588-44cb-9272-a98037472b9c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1730&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58913&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "492669902b4a51d2ef87e9be283df78be415109a955ebe8a9e5baf6f4902d20b"
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 1730 (97th) — MUNI CD-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may appropriate and expend funds for economic development purposes. 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=09700HB1730&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58913&DocNum=1730&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1730eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58913&DocNum=1730&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1730enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58913&DocNum=1730&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Al Riley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Al Riley `filing`
- **2011-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2011-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2011-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2011-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** Assigned to Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Do Pass Commerce; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2011
- **2011-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2011
- **2011-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 042-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-11** Effective Date July 11, 2011
- **2011-07-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0094 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dec081a7-9588-44cb-9272-a98037472b9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).