---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH"
description: "Amends the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5878"
citation: "Illinois HB 5878 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2015-01-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26f5d06-b428-4c66-848c-e0a542b98216"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5878&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81183&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "f4c367e0b8ebce15c338ebe40a84cb6dee8ab285beb234a5c784b359db77ff73"
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 5878 (98th) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=09800HB5878&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81183&DocNum=5878&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5878eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81183&DocNum=5878&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5878enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81183&DocNum=5878&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** Assigned to Mass Transit Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Rita `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Mass Transit Committee
- **2014-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Mass Transit Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Mass Transit Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-27** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-036-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2014-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2014-04-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2014-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-11-13** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2014-11-19** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As December 4, 2014
- **2014-11-19** Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-11-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading November 20, 2014
- **2014-11-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-11-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading December 2, 2014
- **2014-12-04** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2014-12-04** Third Reading - Passed; 045-004-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-12-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-12-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-01-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-01-09** Effective Date January 9, 2015
- **2015-01-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1156 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b26f5d06-b428-4c66-848c-e0a542b98216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).