republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-3050.md

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type: "Bill" title: "PARK DIST – COMPETITIVE BIDS" description: "Amends the Park District Code. Provides that specified contracts related to supplies, materials, or work involving an expenditure in excess of $30,000 (rather than $25,000), or a lower amount if required by board policy, must be competitively bid. Provides that all competitive bids for contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $30,000 (rather than $25,000), or a lower amount if required by board policy, must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened by a member or employee of the park board at a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced. Effective immediately." jurisdiction: "us/states/il" legislature: "Illinois General Assembly" session: "102nd" identifier: "SB 3050" citation: "Illinois SB 3050 (102nd)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Castro", "Frances Ann Hurley"] version_count: 3 action_count: 26 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2022-01-05" last_action: "2022-05-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6f1985-12e1-433a-a1a7-c4bf755e7c62" source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3050&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=137617&SessionID=110&GA=102" source_hash: "953b65cbf03baed6f7643ebd0955aa77a2f848616b9e2b2f0c9b5339a2ebb08f" 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 SB 3050 (102nd) — PARK DIST – COMPETITIVE BIDS

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that specified contracts related to supplies, materials, or work involving an expenditure in excess of $30,000 (rather than $25,000), or a lower amount if required by board policy, must be competitively bid. Provides that all competitive bids for contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $30,000 (rather than $25,000), or a lower amount if required by board policy, must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened by a member or employee of the park board at a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced. 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 — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 99–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cristina Castro — primary (person)
• Frances Ann Hurley — primary (person)
• Bradley Stephens — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence Walsh, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro filing
• 2022-01-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-01-05 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2022-01-11 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2022-02-09 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 10, 2022
• 2022-02-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 15, 2022
• 2022-02-23 Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-23 Arrived in House introduction
• 2022-02-24 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2022-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2022-02-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-07 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2022-03-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-28 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2022-03-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2022-03-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Stephens
• 2022-03-30 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
• 2022-03-30 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 099-004-001 passage, reading-3
• 2022-03-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2022-04-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2022-05-27 Effective Date May 27, 2022
• 2022-05-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0999 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f6f1985-12e1-433a-a1a7-c4bf755e7c62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).