---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOV-PUBLIC NOTICE"
description: "Amends the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act. Provides that whenever a project requiring architectural, engineering, or land surveying services is proposed for a political subdivision, the political subdivision shall mail or e-mail a notice requesting a statement of interest. Further provides that the political subdivision shall place an advertisement for those professional services on its website requesting a statement of interest, include a description of each project, and state the time and place for interested firms to submit its letter of interest, statement of qualifications, and performance data, as required. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 2488"
citation: "Illinois HB 2488 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b07d36d7-5db0-49b3-b8a5-9ed423a2d472"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2488&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74279&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "b20b28ba4c23502646a3a754abca246f2873304de63cec337a701589f28dc5fd"
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 2488 (98th) — LOCAL GOV-PUBLIC NOTICE

Amends the Local Government Professional Services Selection Act. Provides that whenever a project requiring architectural, engineering, or land surveying services is proposed for a political subdivision, the political subdivision shall mail or e-mail a notice requesting a statement of interest. Further provides that the political subdivision shall place an advertisement for those professional services on its website requesting a statement of interest, include a description of each project, and state the time and place for interested firms to submit its letter of interest, statement of qualifications, and performance data, as required. 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=09800HB2488&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74279&DocNum=2488&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2488eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74279&DocNum=2488&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2488enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74279&DocNum=2488&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **70–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick J. Verschoore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore `filing`
- **2013-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 010-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-10** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-10** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-042-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2013 `reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2013-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
- **2013-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2013
- **2013-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2013
- **2013-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0420 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b07d36d7-5db0-49b3-b8a5-9ed423a2d472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).