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Bill	PERSONNEL APPNTMNT ELIGIB LIST	Amends the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code. Increases to 10 (now, 3) the number of persons ranking highest on the appropriate eligible list who must be considered for an appointment to fill a vacancy. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 496	Illinois HB 496 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2003-01-30	2003-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e112aa16-974e-4a40-a6e5-bea2d23bf83c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=496&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=928&SessionID=3&GA=93	c186b1169dadebf64e8681ada73db16ac91280d3c250269faaee465f0ab7a8f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 496 (93rd) — PERSONNEL APPNTMNT ELIGIB LIST

Amends the Secretary of State Merit Employment Code. Increases to 10 (now, 3) the number of persons ranking highest on the appropriate eligible list who must be considered for an appointment to fill a vacancy. 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 — 112–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 30–25 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charles E. Jefferson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Arthur L. Turner filing
• 2003-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-04 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-20 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2003-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-11 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2003-03-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-002 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 20, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
• 2003-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-21 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to State Government referral-committee
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass State Government; 005-001-001 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
• 2003-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2003
• 2003-05-15 Verified
• 2003-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 030-025-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-01 Effective Date August 1, 2003
• 2003-08-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0403 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e112aa16-974e-4a40-a6e5-bea2d23bf83c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).