---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC BUILDING COMM RENTING"
description: "Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Provides that the Public Building Commission may rent its buildings and facilities to not for profit corporations and non-profit organizations or associations. Provides definitions for these terms. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 2820"
citation: "Illinois HB 2820 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/489d0014-307e-4aca-afda-ebcc1c50303e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2820&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74650&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "6f56a0e0a732bedcbbfb0ff9df94cd5ff2f1a3408ac83deba9b8923f5adf4008"
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 2820 (98th) — PUBLIC BUILDING COMM RENTING

Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Provides that the Public Building Commission may rent its buildings and facilities to not for profit corporations and non-profit organizations or associations. Provides definitions for these terms. 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=09800HB2820&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74650&DocNum=2820&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2820eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74650&DocNum=2820&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2820enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74650&DocNum=2820&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bill Mitchell `filing`
- **2013-02-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **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 109-000-000 `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. Andy Manar
- **2013-04-10** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2013-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2013-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 17, 2013
- **2013-04-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2013
- **2013-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2013
- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0258 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/489d0014-307e-4aca-afda-ebcc1c50303e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).