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Bill	APPOINTED TWP OFFICIAL-VACANCY	Amends the Township Code. Provides that if a vacant township supervisor office is filled by appointment, the appointed supervisor shall fulfill the bond requirement for township supervisors. Provides that the appointed supervisor may be a trustee appointed by a majority vote of the trustees and shall have one vote on any matter properly before the board. Provides that whenever any township or multi-township office becomes vacant or temporarily vacant due to the physical incapacity of a township officer, the township or multi-township board may temporarily appoint a deputy to perform the ministerial functions of the vacant office. Provides that the temporary deputy is not permitted to vote at a township board meeting unless the appointed deputy is a trustee of the board at the time of the vote. Provides that if the appointed deputy is a trustee, his or her trustee compensation shall be suspended until he or she concludes his or her appointment as an appointed deputy upon the permanent appointment to fill the vacancy. Exempts the temporary deputy from the requirement to fill a vacant township office with a member of the same political party. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 3141	Illinois HB 3141 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2019-02-15	2019-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/74c31caf-bc03-42a7-a4f4-f593336589f6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3141&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119552&SessionID=108&GA=101	c303865c5a37de3c1e5e0928f763db73ecf470b67bed5fcc98e5ba898fce4b15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3141 (101st) — APPOINTED TWP OFFICIAL-VACANCY

Amends the Township Code. Provides that if a vacant township supervisor office is filled by appointment, the appointed supervisor shall fulfill the bond requirement for township supervisors. Provides that the appointed supervisor may be a trustee appointed by a majority vote of the trustees and shall have one vote on any matter properly before the board. Provides that whenever any township or multi-township office becomes vacant or temporarily vacant due to the physical incapacity of a township officer, the township or multi-township board may temporarily appoint a deputy to perform the ministerial functions of the vacant office. Provides that the temporary deputy is not permitted to vote at a township board meeting unless the appointed deputy is a trustee of the board at the time of the vote. Provides that if the appointed deputy is a trustee, his or her trustee compensation shall be suspended until he or she concludes his or her appointment as an appointed deputy upon the permanent appointment to fill the vacancy. Exempts the temporary deputy from the requirement to fill a vacant township office with a member of the same political party. 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 — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brad Halbrook — primary (person)
• Chapin Rose — primary (person)
• Darren Bailey — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-15 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brad Halbrook filing
• 2019-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Brad Halbrook amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-20 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey
• 2019-04-03 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 4, 2019 reading-1
• 2019-04-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
• 2019-04-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-04 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
• 2019-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
• 2019-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-19 Effective Date July 19, 2019
• 2019-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0104 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74c31caf-bc03-42a7-a4f4-f593336589f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).