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Bill	LOCAL GOV-HOME RULE	Amends the Local Government Employees Benefits Continuation Act. Provides that the Act limits home rule powers for all home rule units (now, the limitation applies only to home rule units with populations of less than 1,000,000). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 12	Illinois HB 12 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2006-12-05	2007-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/697b1008-96b5-4de4-8cfc-fddab7e0d2c3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=12&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26602&SessionID=51&GA=95	105387a10f637a89f1aa3f05d2bbcfbe5f0c23b05f29f33d2f6772a7065ec419	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 12 (95th) — LOCAL GOV-HOME RULE

Amends the Local Government Employees Benefits Continuation Act. Provides that the Act limits home rule powers for all home rule units (now, the limitation applies only to home rule units with populations of less than 1,000,000). 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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John A. Fritchey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-12-05 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. John A. Fritchey filing
• 2007-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-01-31 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
• 2007-02-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-02-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-08 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-08 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-02-08 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-02-16 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2007-02-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2007-03-01 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 2, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-03-01 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2007-03-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-06 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-30 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2007-04-19 Postponed - Local Government
• 2007-05-02 Postponed - Local Government
• 2007-05-15 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2007
• 2007-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0184 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/697b1008-96b5-4de4-8cfc-fddab7e0d2c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).