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Bill	TOWNSHIP OPEN SPACES FUNDS	Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township with an open space plan may receive and retain funds in surplus of the amount actually necessary to maintain that township's open spaces. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 171	Illinois SB 171 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	43	2	2005-02-02	2005-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/5bf83c58-b462-4ff3-90b9-fe6241a9b716	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=171&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=15297&SessionID=50&GA=94	c0ceaf9c66503ec6170d1042dff912db5c8a7e5f2e7f02e94220eb5ef70c0d10	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 171 (94th) — TOWNSHIP OPEN SPACES FUNDS

Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township with an open space plan may receive and retain funds in surplus of the amount actually necessary to maintain that township's open spaces. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Link — primary (person)
• Wyvetter H. Younge — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-02 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link filing
• 2005-02-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-02 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-03 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-02-16 Held in Local Government
• 2005-02-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link amendment-introduction
• 2005-02-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link amendment-introduction
• 2005-02-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-24 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 1, 2005
• 2005-03-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Local Government
• 2005-03-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Adopted Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2005-04-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Link amendment-passage
• 2005-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 7, 2005
• 2005-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2005-04-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2005-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2005-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-04 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2005-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2005-05-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2005-05-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-05-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
• 2005-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2005
• 2005-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0469 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bf83c58-b462-4ff3-90b9-fe6241a9b716. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).