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type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOV-HOME RULE"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Illinois HB 12 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-12-05"
last_action: "2007-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/697b1008-96b5-4de4-8cfc-fddab7e0d2c3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=12&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26602&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "105387a10f637a89f1aa3f05d2bbcfbe5f0c23b05f29f33d2f6772a7065ec419"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0012&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26602&DocNum=12&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0012eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26602&DocNum=12&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0012enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26602&DocNum=12&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **550** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/697b1008-96b5-4de4-8cfc-fddab7e0d2c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).