---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOC GOV-TWP PUBLIC GRAVEYARD"
description: "Amends the Public Graveyards Act. Provides that, if a township board has vested control of a public graveyard in 3 trustees, the township board may, by resolution, divest the trustees of control and assume control of the public graveyard. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1310"
citation: "Illinois HB 1310 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-09"
last_action: "2005-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e45af0b6-dec0-4fe1-b870-1cc1586b9164"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1310&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16063&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "6e1f8faa31b305c0f42aa6558a918298c21effdf8372b732f268431b7bde2ce8"
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 1310 (94th) — LOC GOV-TWP PUBLIC GRAVEYARD

Amends the Public Graveyards Act. Provides that, if a township board has vested control of a public graveyard in 3 trustees, the township board may, by resolution, divest the trustees of control and assume control of the public graveyard. 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=09400HB1310&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16063&DocNum=1310&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1310eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16063&DocNum=1310&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1310enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16063&DocNum=1310&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Rita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps `filing`
- **2005-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-10** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-08** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robert Rita
- **2005-04-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2005-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-14** Effective Date June 14, 2005
- **2005-06-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e45af0b6-dec0-4fe1-b870-1cc1586b9164`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).