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type: "Bill"
title: "PARK DIST-VACANCY AFTER CRIME"
description: "Amends the Park District Code. Provides that whenever any member of the governing board of any park district is convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony (rather than is convicted of any infamous crime), that office may be declared vacant. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2499"
citation: "Illinois HB 2499 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1cf1bc0-144e-4ef4-83aa-d0bc2848cdc1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2499&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118536&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "18e52cd38591e34d06a6d12e5a23d047f391c7407cdf546b0c577d1c9b215975"
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 2499 (101st) — PARK DIST-VACANCY AFTER CRIME
Amends the Park District Code. Provides that whenever any member of the governing board of any park district is convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony (rather than is convicted of any infamous crime), that office may be declared vacant. 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=10100HB2499&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118536&DocNum=2499&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2499eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118536&DocNum=2499&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2499enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118536&DocNum=2499&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Natalie A. Manley `filing`
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2019-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-24** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2019
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0257 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1cf1bc0-144e-4ef4-83aa-d0bc2848cdc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).