---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TX-TOWNSHIP EQUALIZATION"
description: "PROP TX-TOWNSHIP EQUALIZATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 1778"
citation: "Illinois HB 1778 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcc056dc-8fbe-4d2c-aba0-53db421aee93"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "f4f65259e08c56dc0efd0833ca33c0e68a1defe61c3fe6347d43cac99e048cf4"
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 1778 (91st) — PROP TX-TOWNSHIP EQUALIZATION

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB1778LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- CURRIE — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,E — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-000 HREV
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CURRIE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 098-013-004 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-26
- **1999-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR JONES,E
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-REVENUE S
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SREV
- **1999-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-05-07
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-JONES,E
- **1999-05-11T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-JONES,E
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SREV
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-JONES,E
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SREV/009-000-000
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-JONES,E
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-13
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'MALLEY
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 050-006-001 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01,02/BIGGINS
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HREV/01,02
- **1999-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1999-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 1/HREV/007-000-000
- **1999-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 2/HREV/007-000-000
- **1999-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/109-000-001
- **1999-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **1999-06-18T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0555

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcc056dc-8fbe-4d2c-aba0-53db421aee93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).