---
type: "Bill"
title: "PARK DIST-POPULATION"
description: "Amends the Park System Civil Service Act. Increases the number of residents within the territorial limits of a park district for purposes of determining how offices and places of employment within the district shall be classified and filled. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1168"
citation: "Illinois SB 1168 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb2e35e-ce91-49e6-b092-db4f8c6054af"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1168&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4096&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "0c718f223e0aef90c2ade2bda7ea6fdb5477f0db59f53224c4dfdb6b16618e67"
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 SB 1168 (93rd) — PARK DIST-POPULATION

Amends the Park System Civil Service Act. Increases the number of residents within the territorial limits of a park district for purposes of determining how offices and places of employment within the district shall be classified and filled. 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=09300SB1168&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4096&DocNum=1168&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1168eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4096&DocNum=1168&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1168enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4096&DocNum=1168&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dave Syverson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson `filing`
- **2003-02-20** Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2003-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-31** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
- **2003-04-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-18** Effective Date July 18, 2003
- **2003-07-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0220 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccb2e35e-ce91-49e6-b092-db4f8c6054af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).