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Bill	LOCAL GOVT CONSOLIDATE COM ACT	Creates the Local Government Consolidation Commission Act. Creates a 15 member commission on local government consisting of 5 Senators, 5 Representatives, and 5 citizens chosen by the Governor. Directs the Commission to study the organization and function of local governments within the State and to make recommendations to reduce the number of local governments and to increase their efficiency and economy. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the General Assembly by December 31, 2006. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 62	Illinois HB 62 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	43	3	2005-01-06	2005-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/76696049-c243-4884-ba26-64f550769b4b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=62&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14205&SessionID=50&GA=94	27327e4789b4d31b337a09542fa7f880edf4839df0188d9f166443dadeebb5ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 62 (94th) — LOCAL GOVT CONSOLIDATE COM ACT

Creates the Local Government Consolidation Commission Act. Creates a 15 member commission on local government consisting of 5 Senators, 5 Representatives, and 5 citizens chosen by the Governor. Directs the Commission to study the organization and function of local governments within the State and to make recommendations to reduce the number of local governments and to increase their efficiency and economy. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the General Assembly by December 31, 2006. 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

• Concurrence — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 32–23 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lou Lang — primary (person)
• Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-06 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang filing
• 2005-01-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-26 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-01-26 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2005-01-26 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-02 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-02-02 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-02-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-02-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-02-02 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-03-01 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2005-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-02 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-08 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Postponed - Local Government
• 2005-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-05-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
• 2005-05-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2005-05-04 Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 007-003-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
• 2005-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 032-023-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-17 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2005-05-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Lou Lang
• 2005-05-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2005-05-26 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
• 2005-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-07-19 Effective Date July 19, 2005
• 2005-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0244 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76696049-c243-4884-ba26-64f550769b4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).