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Bill	LOC GOV-TWP PUBLIC GRAVEYARD	Amends the Public Graveyards Act. Provides that, if a township board has vested control of a public graveyard in 3 trustees, the township board may, by resolution, divest the trustees of control and assume control of the public graveyard. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 1310	Illinois HB 1310 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2005-02-09	2005-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e45af0b6-dec0-4fe1-b870-1cc1586b9164	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1310&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16063&SessionID=50&GA=94	6e1f8faa31b305c0f42aa6558a918298c21effdf8372b732f268431b7bde2ce8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1310 (94th) — LOC GOV-TWP PUBLIC GRAVEYARD

Amends the Public Graveyards Act. Provides that, if a township board has vested control of a public graveyard in 3 trustees, the township board may, by resolution, divest the trustees of control and assume control of the public graveyard. 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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert Rita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps filing
• 2005-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-10 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-08 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Robert Rita
• 2005-04-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2005-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-21 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-21 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-05-04 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-06-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-06-14 Effective Date June 14, 2005
• 2005-06-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e45af0b6-dec0-4fe1-b870-1cc1586b9164. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).