---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVANCY DIST-EXPANSIONS"
description: "Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that a petition to expand a conservancy district may include a new name of the expanded district. Creates referendum language when territory to be added to a conservation district encompasses an entire county or counties. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2583"
citation: "Illinois HB 2583 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 63
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb5f6051-d506-4937-a601-c9336a709664"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2583&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118714&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "02691f6e755c4af5df7151eb1cd3e6f2bdd9f2019c005520d85da91ef7afc7eb"
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 2583 (101st) — CONSERVANCY DIST-EXPANSIONS

Amends the River Conservancy Districts Act. Provides that a petition to expand a conservancy district may include a new name of the expanded district. Creates referendum language when territory to be added to a conservation district encompasses an entire county or counties. 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=10100HB2583&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118714&DocNum=2583&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2583eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118714&DocNum=2583&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2583enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118714&DocNum=2583&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blaine Wilhour — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Halbrook — cosponsor (person)
- C.D. Davidsmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Caulkins — cosponsor (person)
- Darren Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Frances Ann Hurley — cosponsor (person)
- Jason A. Barickman — primary (person)
- Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay Parkhurst — cosponsor (person)
- Margo McDermed — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Spain — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Reick — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas M. Bennett — primary (person)
- Tom Demmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett `filing`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-02-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
- **2019-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
- **2019-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Blaine Wilhour
- **2019-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2019-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
- **2019-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Halbrook
- **2019-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2019-03-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2019-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins
- **2019-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
- **2019-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
- **2019-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey
- **2019-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
- **2019-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
- **2019-03-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
- **2019-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Counties & Townships Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-10** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jason A. Barickman
- **2019-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Postponed - Environment and Conservation
- **2019-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason A. Barickman `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Environment and Conservation
- **2019-05-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Do Pass as Amended Environment and Conservation; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 14, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2019-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Thomas M. Bennett
- **2019-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2019-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
- **2019-05-29** House Concurs
- **2019-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2019
- **2019-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0476 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb5f6051-d506-4937-a601-c9336a709664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).