republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/sb-501.md

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Bill	TWP CD-SAME TOWNSHIP NAMES	Amends the Township Code. Provides that if the Secretary of State finds that any 2 or more townships within a single county (currently, 2 or more townships within the entire State) are named alike, he or she shall so inform the clerk of the county and the county board of that county shall, at its next meeting, adopt for one of the townships a different name. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 501	Illinois SB 501 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Donald P. DeWitte Keith R. Wheeler	3	27	2	2021-02-23	2021-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/84789901-71e0-430e-aed6-864056ac1704	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=501&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133075&SessionID=110&GA=102	d635ad9789ebb1bf04713f5c68deb11f95f81907519c90a304bb8a137fee13a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 501 (102nd) — TWP CD-SAME TOWNSHIP NAMES

Amends the Township Code. Provides that if the Secretary of State finds that any 2 or more townships within a single county (currently, 2 or more townships within the entire State) are named alike, he or she shall so inform the clerk of the county and the county board of that county shall, at its next meeting, adopt for one of the townships a different name. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Donald P. DeWitte — primary (person)
• Keith R. Wheeler — primary (person)
• Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne Ness — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-23 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte filing
• 2021-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Postponed - Local Government
• 2021-03-16 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2021
• 2021-03-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 23, 2021
• 2021-03-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
• 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 009-001-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
• 2021-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-07-23 Effective Date July 23, 2021
• 2021-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0148 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84789901-71e0-430e-aed6-864056ac1704. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).