---
type: "Bill"
title: "WATER RECLAM DIST EXPANSION"
description: "Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Expands the corporate limits of the District. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1691"
citation: "Illinois SB 1691 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/273ddc6c-f7aa-4b15-8a59-217c9321c992"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1691&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72570&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "6a91b9a9ae9f24e9b8ab928153a4685dd98efd63b8d37250018af64276689e5f"
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 SB 1691 (98th) — WATER RECLAM DIST EXPANSION

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Expands the corporate limits of the District. 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=09800SB1691&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72570&DocNum=1691&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1691eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72570&DocNum=1691&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1691enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72570&DocNum=1691&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **79–35** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matt Murphy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Matt Murphy `filing`
- **2013-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Matt Murphy `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Postponed - Local Government
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
- **2013-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
- **2013-04-10** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-10** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. David Harris
- **2013-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
- **2013-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-035-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-02** Effective Date August 2, 2013
- **2013-08-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0155 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/273ddc6c-f7aa-4b15-8a59-217c9321c992`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).