---
type: "Bill"
title: "PARK DIST-BOARD STAGGERED TERM"
description: "Amends the Park District Code. Changes the staggering of the election schedule when a 7-member park district board with members with 6-year terms transitions its members into 4-year terms. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2081"
citation: "Illinois HB 2081 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26174574-5a68-421a-b7c5-b10c73f4efe8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2081&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=117673&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "7f4dd26ab763040cd79651c7c54c27e4ef485a6599bf5ae8f9ad6be1c29db9a7"
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 2081 (101st) — PARK DIST-BOARD STAGGERED TERM

Amends the Park District Code. Changes the staggering of the election schedule when a 7-member park district board with members with 6-year terms transitions its members into 4-year terms. 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=10100HB2081&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117673&DocNum=2081&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2081eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117673&DocNum=2081&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2081enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=117673&DocNum=2081&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grant Wehrli — primary (person)
- Jil Tracy — primary (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Grant Wehrli `filing`
- **2019-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-12** Effective Date July 12, 2019
- **2019-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0058 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26174574-5a68-421a-b7c5-b10c73f4efe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).