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| Bill | COOK COUNTY BOARD PRES-VACANCY | Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a vacancy in the office of President of the Cook County Board occurs on or after the first day for the filing of nomination papers, then nominations for the office of President of the Cook County Board are to be made by the county central committee of each established political party. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in the event of a vacancy in the office of president of the county board of commissioners, the members of the county board of commissioners shall elect one of their number to serve as president of the county board of commissioners until the next special or regular election for the office of president of the county board of commissioners. Provides that, if more than 28 months remain in the unexpired term, then a special election shall be held. Provides that, if 28 months or less remain in the unexpired term, the appointed president of the county board of commissioners shall serve until the next regular election. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 101st | SB 72 | Illinois SB 72 (101st) |
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enacted | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2019-01-23 | 2019-08-02 | openstates | ocd-bill/0412f5f3-669c-4638-9bff-7f6a26074be5 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=72&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=115036&SessionID=108&GA=101 | b1296b7feebf60d1d54a38fc6eabd1979584d4d403d0f59450b1349cc9ab5dfb | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 72 (101st) — COOK COUNTY BOARD PRES-VACANCY
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a vacancy in the office of President of the Cook County Board occurs on or after the first day for the filing of nomination papers, then nominations for the office of President of the Cook County Board are to be made by the county central committee of each established political party. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in the event of a vacancy in the office of president of the county board of commissioners, the members of the county board of commissioners shall elect one of their number to serve as president of the county board of commissioners until the next special or regular election for the office of president of the county board of commissioners. Provides that, if more than 28 months remain in the unexpired term, then a special election shall be held. Provides that, if 28 months or less remain in the unexpired term, the appointed president of the county board of commissioners shall serve until the next regular election. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 113–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Gregory Harris — primary (person)
- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-23 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
filing - 2019-01-23 First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-01-23 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2019-01-23 Assigned to Executive
referral-committee - 2019-01-31 Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000
committee-passage - 2019-01-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 5, 2019
- 2019-02-19 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2019-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 20, 2019
- 2019-03-28 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2019-03-28 Arrived in House
introduction - 2019-03-28 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
- 2019-03-28 First Reading
reading-1 - 2019-03-28 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2019-04-09 Assigned to Executive Committee
referral-committee - 2019-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2019-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2019-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2019-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2019-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-003-000
reading-3, passage - 2019-05-21 Passed Both Houses
- 2019-06-19 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-08-02 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2019-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2019
- 2019-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0188
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0412f5f3-669c-4638-9bff-7f6a26074be5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).