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Bill	PARK DISTRICT-BOARD TERMS	Amends the Park District Code. Provides that if a proposition to reduce a park district board from a 7-member board to a 5-member board was approved by referendum, the number of members elected at the election next following the referendum shall be reduced by 2. Further provides for procedures to ensure that the board members' terms are staggered after the reduction to a 5-member board depending on whether the members' terms are 4-year or 6-year terms. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 776	Illinois HB 776 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2017-01-26	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/b3431a1c-952c-43cc-8514-43e25efd696b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=776&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=101149&SessionID=91&GA=100	c074ee1b5841d22e5ad0162c53f87f6e51a0600157ee809904c85f48d40fac0f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 776 (100th) — PARK DISTRICT-BOARD TERMS

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that if a proposition to reduce a park district board from a 7-member board to a 5-member board was approved by referendum, the number of members elected at the election next following the referendum shall be reduced by 2. Further provides for procedures to ensure that the board members' terms are staggered after the reduction to a 5-member board depending on whether the members' terms are 4-year or 6-year terms. Effective immediately.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Steven A. Andersson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Steven A. Andersson filing
• 2017-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned to Government Consolidation & Modernization Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 Do Pass / Short Debate Government Consolidation & Modernization Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-02-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-02-22 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
• 2017-02-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-02-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
• 2017-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2017-02-28 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-28 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2017-02-28 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
• 2017-02-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-28 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
• 2017-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
• 2017-05-26 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 053-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date August 25, 2017
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0351 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3431a1c-952c-43cc-8514-43e25efd696b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).