---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning reporting of information in counties of greater than 300,000 but less than 2,000,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4749"
citation: "Illinois HB 4749 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-03"
last_action: "2012-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74c0accc-5b72-4349-a871-2db244510de7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4749&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64623&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "14d8d6486d512eadf17143c445efd944c11c78bc85c51a20d31e60fc1456fc1c"
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 4749 (97th) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning reporting of information in counties of greater than 300,000 but less than 2,000,000.

## 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=09700HB4749&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64623&DocNum=4749&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4749eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64623&DocNum=4749&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4749enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=64623&DocNum=4749&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kent Gaffney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `filing`
- **2012-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-29** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kent Gaffney `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-26** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kent Gaffney
- **2012-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
- **2012-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-27** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-03-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
- **2012-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-001-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2012-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2012-03-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2012-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-30** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-30** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2012-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
- **2012-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2012
- **2012-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-17** Effective Date August 17, 2012
- **2012-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0982 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74c0accc-5b72-4349-a871-2db244510de7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).