---
type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-BUDGET-APPROPRIATIONS"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that appropriations required to meet an immediate emergency and certain transfers of appropriations exceeding the budget may be made with a two-thirds vote of a county board. Further provides that such transfers may be made only if the total amount appropriated for the fund is not affected. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 3104"
citation: "Illinois HB 3104 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2ed463d-9511-445b-9ca5-a735329752dd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3104&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=89243&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "4526e36f64853af9382b521282c269d20b0f557213793ffd63c91375fd537cc5"
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 3104 (99th) — CNTY CD-BUDGET-APPROPRIATIONS

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that appropriations required to meet an immediate emergency and certain transfers of appropriations exceeding the budget may be made with a two-thirds vote of a county board. Further provides that such transfers may be made only if the total amount appropriated for the fund is not affected. 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=09900HB3104&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89243&DocNum=3104&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3104eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89243&DocNum=3104&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB3104enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=89243&DocNum=3104&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steven A. Andersson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Steven A. Andersson `filing`
- **2015-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Steven A. Andersson `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
- **2015-03-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-04-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2015-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 21, 2015 `reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2015-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2015
- **2015-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2015
- **2015-05-22** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2015 `reading-3`
- **2015-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 052-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-13** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-13** Effective Date August 13, 2015
- **2015-08-13** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0356 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2ed463d-9511-445b-9ca5-a735329752dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).