republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-910.md

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Bill	LIBRARY-ELECT APPOINTED BOARD	Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Provides that a proposition for the appointed Aurora Public Library board to be changed to an elected board shall be submitted by referendum to the voters of the City of Aurora either by ordinance of the city council or on the petition of 10% of the number of persons who voted at the last regular election in the City of Aurora. Provides for the nomination, election, and terms of Aurora Public Library board members if the referendum is approved. Creates a process to revert back to an appointed library board after changing to an elected board. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 910	Illinois HB 910 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2019-01-25	2019-07-26	openstates	ocd-bill/ae5c0442-7cf0-448b-b933-51825f466581	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=910&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=115252&SessionID=108&GA=101	cbeb0c8b436223d7b8bd35a36061ed386fae492f16461fa9beb1a964ce510e07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 910 (101st) — LIBRARY-ELECT APPOINTED BOARD

Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Provides that a proposition for the appointed Aurora Public Library board to be changed to an elected board shall be submitted by referendum to the voters of the City of Aurora either by ordinance of the city council or on the petition of 10% of the number of persons who voted at the last regular election in the City of Aurora. Provides for the nomination, election, and terms of Aurora Public Library board members if the referendum is approved. Creates a process to revert back to an appointed library board after changing to an elected board. 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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — primary (person)
• Rita Mayfield — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit filing
• 2019-01-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2019-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 013-001-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
• 2019-03-20 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
• 2019-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2019-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
• 2019-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
• 2019-04-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 012-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-04-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2019-04-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-10 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2019-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-002 committee-passage
• 2019-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
• 2019-05-09 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
• 2019-05-21 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-07-26 Effective Date July 26, 2019
• 2019-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0126 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae5c0442-7cf0-448b-b933-51825f466581. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).