---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVANCY DIST-CONTRACT BIDS"
description: "Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides for competitive bidding for all contracts for work, other than professional services, to be done by a conservancy district when the expense of the contract will exceed $10,000 (rather than $2,500). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 1659"
citation: "Illinois HB 1659 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9f1b9fa-62f5-409f-9ba0-9d5549abbef7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1659&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=117092&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "1753250890d06706640e54b2ca49fa962e33e8a2e135f7c9169515c6e5311092"
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 1659 (101st) — CONSERVANCY DIST-CONTRACT BIDS

Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides for competitive bidding for all contracts for work, other than professional services, to be done by a conservancy district when the expense of the contract will exceed $10,000 (rather than $2,500). 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=10100HB1659&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117092&DocNum=1659&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB1659eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117092&DocNum=1659&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB1659enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117092&DocNum=1659&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **75–38** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Halpin — primary (person)
- Neil Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael Halpin `filing`
- **2019-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-038-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 053-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2019
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0241 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9f1b9fa-62f5-409f-9ba0-9d5549abbef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).