republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-4251.md

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type: "Bill" title: "TWP CD – COMPETITIVE BIDDING" description: "Amends the Township Code. Provides that any purchase by a township for services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of $30,000 (rather than $20,000) shall be contracted in specified ways. Provides that contracts for construction work whose estimated cost will exceed $30,000 (rather than $20,000) for township waterworks and sewerage systems shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder. Effective immediately." jurisdiction: "us/states/il" legislature: "Illinois General Assembly" session: "102nd" identifier: "HB 4251" citation: "Illinois HB 4251 (102nd)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Neil Anderson", "Tony McCombie"] version_count: 3 action_count: 29 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2021-12-03" last_action: "2022-05-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db320d71-509e-4a32-91d7-07f7e56b16ae" source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4251&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=137278&SessionID=110&GA=102" source_hash: "6db924c3091972c64e87081bb5a34633b1fdc48fe780bf25cd705773b34e4307" 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 4251 (102nd) — TWP CD – COMPETITIVE BIDDING

Amends the Township Code. Provides that any purchase by a township for services, materials, equipment, or supplies in excess of $30,000 (rather than $20,000) shall be contracted in specified ways. Provides that contracts for construction work whose estimated cost will exceed $30,000 (rather than $20,000) for township waterworks and sewerage systems shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder. 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 — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Neil Anderson — primary (person)
• Tony McCombie — primary (person)
• Andrew S. Chesney — cosponsor (person)
• Norine K. Hammond — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tony McCombie filing
• 2022-01-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Counties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2022-02-17 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2022-02-17 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2022-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2022-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney
• 2022-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2022-03-02 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 103-000-001 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2022-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2022-03-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-03-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Assigned to Labor referral-committee
• 2022-03-23 Do Pass Labor; 012-003-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2022-03-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2022
• 2022-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-04-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-05-06 Effective Date May 6, 2022
• 2022-05-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0728 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db320d71-509e-4a32-91d7-07f7e56b16ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).