---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Civic Center Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a civic center authority's power to incur obligations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 479"
citation: "Illinois HB 479 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-01-24"
last_action: "2013-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e94549b-32a7-44ab-b9bb-9fcea96db259"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=479&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=70502&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "918dbe4ae14b492dafd126fc5b53a540d62715027584e8a2a8ce75764e20e7cb"
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 479 (98th) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Civic Center Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a civic center authority's power to incur obligations.

## 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=09800HB0479&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=70502&DocNum=479&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0479eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=70502&DocNum=479&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB0479enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=70502&DocNum=479&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Madigan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `filing`
- **2013-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-25** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2013-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-04-15** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-04-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2013-04-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2013-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2013-04-24** Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Postponed - State Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2013-05-09** Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2013
- **2013-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2013
- **2013-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-28** Effective Date June 28, 2013
- **2013-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0037 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e94549b-32a7-44ab-b9bb-9fcea96db259`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).