---
type: "Bill"
title: "HWY CD - TAX CERTIFICATION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that certification of a tax levy approved by a majority of ballots at election may be certified at any time after the election. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 2807"
citation: "Illinois HB 2807 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c2a750c-74cb-4147-a916-0b38139b0a0b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2807&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74635&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "927e17ba137a28ce6862123a0e9034ca6d0f0597941f42fc56352f415623f081"
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 2807 (98th) — HWY CD - TAX CERTIFICATION

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that certification of a tax levy approved by a majority of ballots at election may be certified at any time after the election. 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=09800HB2807&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74635&DocNum=2807&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2807eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74635&DocNum=2807&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2807enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74635&DocNum=2807&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **82–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JoAnn D. Osmond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond `filing`
- **2013-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-027-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2013-04-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2013-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** 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; 056-002-000 `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 . . . . . . . . . 98-0454 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c2a750c-74cb-4147-a916-0b38139b0a0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).