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Bill	LOCAL LIBRARY-TRUSTEE PETITION	Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Makes the minimum signature requirement for a nominating petition for the office of library board trustee 2% of the number of votes cast at the last election for library trustee or 25, whichever is less (now, 50).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 499	Illinois HB 499 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2007-01-30	2007-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/05e8a361-d68a-4f0a-be5c-2c375a8df281	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=499&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27506&SessionID=51&GA=95	a6f9f63f8f8891f648e75e3233f3ddc9693b3cab5f0d14a534d5016ecd7852fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 499 (95th) — LOCAL LIBRARY-TRUSTEE PETITION

Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Makes the minimum signature requirement for a nominating petition for the office of library board trustee 2% of the number of votes cast at the last election for library trustee or 25, whichever is less (now, 50).

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 — 112–4 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jim Sacia — primary (person)
• Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia filing
• 2007-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-07 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-22 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2007-03-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-004-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
• 2007-03-20 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-03-21 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
• 2007-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-22 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-30 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2007-04-19 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
• 2007-04-24 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
• 2007-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2008
• 2007-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0065 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05e8a361-d68a-4f0a-be5c-2c375a8df281. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).