---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVE-FOREST DIST-BONDS"
description: "Amends the Conservation District Act and the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that \"Build America Bonds\" issued by a District prior to January 1, 2011 shall mature not later than 30 years after the date of issue. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4639"
citation: "Illinois HB 4639 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-10-09"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db8251f-8572-4a40-bb9b-ee084c5f5d8a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4639&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=48615&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "cee52cb8cd13ac78574910b9bd9aff2ea0335c2559f19d568cdb08290395db07"
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 4639 (96th) — CONSERVE-FOREST DIST-BONDS

Amends the Conservation District Act and the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that "Build America Bonds" issued by a District prior to January 1, 2011 shall mature not later than 30 years after the date of issue. 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=09600HB4639&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=48615&DocNum=4639&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4639eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=48615&DocNum=4639&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4639enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=48615&DocNum=4639&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **98–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JoAnn D. Osmond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-10-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond `filing`
- **2009-10-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-10-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 014-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-017-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2010-03-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-17** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-24** Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2010
- **2010-04-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 15, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 052-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2010
- **2010-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1178 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1db8251f-8572-4a40-bb9b-ee084c5f5d8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).