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Bill	DOWNSTATE FOREST PRESERVE DIST	Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that the affirmative vote of 6/7 of all the board members of a forest preserve district is required to vacate a street, roadway, or driveway if the board members are elected from a district whose boundaries are co-extensive with the boundaries of a county having a population of more than 800,000 but less than 3,000,000. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 2477	Illinois HB 2477 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2003-02-20	2003-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/a58def25-21b2-4ce8-a40d-ccc00b109f00	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2477&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4265&SessionID=3&GA=93	b52bce78d881cc0108931d45ff9b882682f68561e02469ba620004099ea53384	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2477 (93rd) — DOWNSTATE FOREST PRESERVE DIST

Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that the affirmative vote of 6/7 of all the board members of a forest preserve district is required to vacate a street, roadway, or driveway if the board members are elected from a district whose boundaries are co-extensive with the boundaries of a county having a population of more than 800,000 but less than 3,000,000. 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carole Pankau — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carole Pankau filing
• 2003-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Peter J. Roskam
• 2003-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-21 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2003-04-30 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2003
• 2003-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0247 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a58def25-21b2-4ce8-a40d-ccc00b109f00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).