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Bill	TWP BOARD-PURCHASING PROPERTY	Amends the Township Code. Provides that the electors may delegate the power to purchase, sell, or lease property to the township board for a period of up to 12 months and the township board may specify properties being considered. Makes a conforming change.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 2940	Illinois SB 2940 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2018-02-14	2018-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/72a7deac-cde3-440e-8f6e-5e5dd3db921f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2940&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=110261&SessionID=91&GA=100	8e783720593a28f73969ef6594f3820ed85065fa09b25809b25b60d808612c1b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2940 (100th) — TWP BOARD-PURCHASING PROPERTY

Amends the Township Code. Provides that the electors may delegate the power to purchase, sell, or lease property to the township board for a period of up to 12 months and the township board may specify properties being considered. Makes a conforming change.

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 — 101–6 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cristina Castro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro filing
• 2018-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-14 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2018-02-21 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 Postponed - Local Government
• 2018-03-14 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 10, 2018
• 2018-04-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2018
• 2018-04-18 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-18 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-04-18 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
• 2018-04-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0839 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72a7deac-cde3-440e-8f6e-5e5dd3db921f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).