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Bill	HIGHWAYS-DISASTER RELIEF	Amends the Township Code and the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that township voters may authorize general road and bridge funds or town funds to be used for disposal of brush and leaves from property contiguous to roadways and for disaster relief services approved by the township board. Provides that, if the voters have granted the authority, the highway commissioner may provide for disposal of brush and leaves and for necessary disaster relief services. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 1353	Illinois SB 1353 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	45	5	2003-02-20	2003-11-25	openstates	ocd-bill/db1a6946-4d80-4ee7-a90a-db1d50595080	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1353&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4374&SessionID=3&GA=93	8cd97d781b5ef1c982f41aa5f7ac4c64bddaece8d9d82573add86efff037e1a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1353 (93rd) — HIGHWAYS-DISASTER RELIEF

Amends the Township Code and the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that township voters may authorize general road and bridge funds or town funds to be used for disposal of brush and leaves from property contiguous to roadways and for disaster relief services approved by the township board. Provides that, if the voters have granted the authority, the highway commissioner may provide for disposal of brush and leaves and for necessary disaster relief services. 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 — 118–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion — 116–0 (fail) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lawrence M. Walsh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh filing
• 2003-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-27 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2003-03-12 Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2003
• 2003-03-18 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
• 2003-03-20 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-20 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2003-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-31 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-01 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 022-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-06 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2003-05-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-16 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
• 2003-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-22 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2003-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 23, 2003
• 2003-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh filing
• 2003-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Adopted Local Government; 006-000-000
• 2003-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
• 2003-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-30 Governor Vetoed executive-veto
• 2003-10-23 Placed Calendar Total Veto November 4, 2003
• 2003-10-29 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
• 2003-11-04 3/5 Vote Required
• 2003-11-04 Override Governor Veto - Senate Passed 058-000-000
• 2003-11-06 Placed on Calendar Total Veto November 18, 2003
• 2003-11-13 Motion Filed Override Governor Veto Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2003-11-18 3/5 Vote Required
• 2003-11-18 Override Governor Veto - House Passed 116-000-000
• 2003-11-18 Both Houses Override Total Veto veto-override-passage
• 2003-11-25 Effective Date November 18, 2003
• 2003-11-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0610 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db1a6946-4d80-4ee7-a90a-db1d50595080. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).