---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION"
description: "Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Adds to the powers of a public building commission. Provides that a public building commission has the power to employ and discharge without regard to any Civil Services Act \"design-build\" experts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 61"
citation: "Illinois HB 61 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-08"
last_action: "2009-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adaeedae-a2a0-4880-b54f-e9acfb63d875"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=61&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40041&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "ef0c43afe89b8adf9ff410ff99e50ca7b3d4aa223fcf8de62c72e32b7ac4fac2"
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 61 (96th) — PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION

Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Adds to the powers of a public building commission. Provides that a public building commission has the power to employ and discharge without regard to any Civil Services Act "design-build" experts to carry out the purposes of this Act. 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=09600HB0061&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40041&DocNum=61&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0061eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40041&DocNum=61&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0061enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40041&DocNum=61&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-08** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook `filing`
- **2009-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- **2009-02-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- **2009-02-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2009-02-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-02-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
- **2009-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2009
- **2009-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0352 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adaeedae-a2a0-4880-b54f-e9acfb63d875`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).