---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TAX-TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a township or multi-township assessor who has served as a township or multi-township assessor for 12 years or more is qualified to hold office if he or she has a Certified Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the Illinois Property Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360 additional hours of successfully completed courses approved by the Department of Revenue, if at least 180 of the course hours required a written examination. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 3079"
citation: "Illinois HB 3079 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-26"
last_action: "2003-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef080c05-99a2-4564-9e9f-2164ecac4284"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3079&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5670&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "cab84dacf20d156b927740bafa1f2f3d4a2f6a2b41cbc5d64c9adc7d52ef23fd"
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 3079 (93rd) — PROP TAX-TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a township or multi-township assessor who has served as a township or multi-township assessor for 12 years or more is qualified to hold office if he or she has a Certified Illinois Assessing Official certificate from the Illinois Property Assessment Institute with a minimum of 360 additional hours of successfully completed courses approved by the Department of Revenue, if at least 180 of the course hours required a written examination. 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=09300HB3079&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5670&DocNum=3079&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3079eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5670&DocNum=3079&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3079enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5670&DocNum=3079&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Biggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bob Biggins `filing`
- **2003-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2003-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-11** Effective Date July 11, 2003
- **2003-07-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0188 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef080c05-99a2-4564-9e9f-2164ecac4284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).