---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOV MEMORIAL MAINTENANCE"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that it shall be lawful for the county board to appropriate funds to maintain a memorial within the county. Amends the Township Code. Provides that the township shall provide for the maintenance of a monument or memorial erected pursuant to a vote by voters of the township. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality shall levy and collect taxes, as necessary, for the maintenance of memorials erected in that municipality pursuant to a majority vote. Amends the Park District Act. Provides that any memorial built on leased land within a park district must be maintained by the organization that leased the land. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1824"
citation: "Illinois SB 1824 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66427b97-361a-4f23-8238-0f7790af8586"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1824&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72748&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "cf224c4f7745b12e04475e1aed865bfbb08a6d411ad47af085af74ea89d47b50"
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 1824 (98th) — LOCAL GOV MEMORIAL MAINTENANCE

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that it shall be lawful for the county board to appropriate funds to maintain a memorial within the county. Amends the Township Code. Provides that the township shall provide for the maintenance of a monument or memorial erected pursuant to a vote by voters of the township. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality shall levy and collect taxes, as necessary, for the maintenance of memorials erected in that municipality pursuant to a majority vote. Amends the Park District Act. Provides that any memorial built on leased land within a park district must be maintained by the organization that leased the land. 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=09800SB1824&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72748&DocNum=1824&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1824eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72748&DocNum=1824&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1824enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72748&DocNum=1824&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John M. Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John M. Sullivan `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`
- **2013-03-06** Do Pass Local Government; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2013
- **2013-03-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2013
- **2013-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski
- **2013-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Effective Date August 12, 2013
- **2013-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0312 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66427b97-361a-4f23-8238-0f7790af8586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).