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Bill	FOREST PRESERVE-PROPERTY	Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that a forest preserve may sell certain vacant, subdivided residential outlots if the board of commissioners determines that the sale is advantageous to the district. Sets forth other criteria for the sale of the lots. Provides that the proceeds from the sale must be set aside and used only for certain capital improvements or for the payment of bond indebtedness. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 1671	Illinois HB 1671 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2007-02-22	2007-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/6af02bab-2872-44e0-a5f7-d2a31d2b41b2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1671&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30485&SessionID=51&GA=95	66f269f02f227405b4053f29154f076d5c57f9974da866cdba8af3f086215deb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1671 (95th) — FOREST PRESERVE-PROPERTY

Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that a forest preserve may sell certain vacant, subdivided residential outlots if the board of commissioners determines that the sale is advantageous to the district. Sets forth other criteria for the sale of the lots. Provides that the proceeds from the sale must be set aside and used only for certain capital improvements or for the payment of bond indebtedness. 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 — 55–1 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Durkin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin filing
• 2007-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-27 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-03-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-27 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2007-04-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-04-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2007-04-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
• 2007-04-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-20 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 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; 055-001-001 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2007
• 2007-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0246 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6af02bab-2872-44e0-a5f7-d2a31d2b41b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).