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type: "Bill"
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title: "TWP CD-SAME TOWNSHIP NAMES"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "102nd"
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identifier: "SB 501"
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citation: "Illinois SB 501 (102nd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Donald P. DeWitte", "Keith R. Wheeler"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-23"
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last_action: "2021-07-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84789901-71e0-430e-aed6-864056ac1704"
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source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=501&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133075&SessionID=110&GA=102"
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source_hash: "d635ad9789ebb1bf04713f5c68deb11f95f81907519c90a304bb8a137fee13a7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 501 (102nd) — TWP CD-SAME TOWNSHIP NAMES
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0501.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0501eng.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0501enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Donald P. DeWitte — primary (person)
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- Keith R. Wheeler — primary (person)
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- Brian W. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- Suzanne Ness — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-23** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donald P. DeWitte `filing`
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- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-03** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-09** Postponed - Local Government
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- **2021-03-16** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2021-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2021
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- **2021-03-17** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 23, 2021
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- **2021-03-23** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart
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- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2021-04-22** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
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- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-04-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 009-001-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2021-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2021-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-19** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
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- **2021-05-19** Passed Both Houses
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- **2021-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-23** Effective Date July 23, 2021
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- **2021-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0148 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84789901-71e0-430e-aed6-864056ac1704`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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