---
type: "Bill"
title: "TIF-CITY OF BATAVIA"
description: "Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Creates a tax increment allocation financing extension for an ordinance adopted on March 15, 2004 by the City of Batavia. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 6291"
citation: "Illinois HB 6291 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-08-08"
last_action: "2015-01-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e04e29b1-10f3-4854-91a9-daae30a581ff"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6291&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=82736&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "71709c1c822eae4274a2ff542319ff7295ab2f2acbc620a8efa57c003ae5ad58"
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 6291 (98th) — TIF-CITY OF BATAVIA

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Creates a tax increment allocation financing extension for an ordinance adopted on March 15, 2004 by the City of Batavia. 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=09800HB6291&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=82736&DocNum=6291&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB6291eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=82736&DocNum=6291&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB6291enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=82736&DocNum=6291&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Fortner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-08-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz `filing`
- **2014-11-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-11-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-11-18** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-11-19** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Revenue & Finance Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2014-11-19** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
- **2014-11-19** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2014-11-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
- **2014-11-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-11-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-11-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-11-19** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-11-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-11-20** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2014-11-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-11-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-11-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-11-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
- **2014-11-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-11-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-12-02** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2014-12-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2014-12-02** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As December 4, 2014
- **2014-12-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-12-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading December 3, 2014
- **2014-12-04** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2014-12-04** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `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 . . . . . . . . . 98-1157 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e04e29b1-10f3-4854-91a9-daae30a581ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).