---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI-DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of cities and villages must also maintain storm sewers, detention basins, and retention basins for drainage purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 1869"
citation: "Illinois SB 1869 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8095d191-55e3-4be9-8cc1-c67679bcb506"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1869&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72967&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "6d74a2c593505eced2c92736b831ceaa0d675b2ef307903c285cef8ac8ee93f8"
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 1869 (98th) — MUNI-DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of cities and villages must also maintain storm sewers, detention basins, and retention basins for drainage purposes.

## 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=09800SB1869&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72967&DocNum=1869&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1869eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72967&DocNum=1869&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1869enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72967&DocNum=1869&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Thomas Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steven M. Landek `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** Postponed - Local Government
- **2013-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Steven M. Landek `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2013-03-13** Postponed - Local Government
- **2013-03-13** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2013-03-13** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
- **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
- **2013-04-11** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2013-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2013-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- **2013-05-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 011-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-05-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-035-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-13** Effective Date January 1, 2014
- **2013-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0330 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8095d191-55e3-4be9-8cc1-c67679bcb506`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).