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Bill	MUNI CD-RESIDENCY	Amends the Municipal Code. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to run for elective municipal office, but whose residency period was interrupted due to that person's active duty military service outside of the municipality, or the active duty military service of that person's spouse, may run for municipal office regardless of whether or not that person has resided within the municipality for at least one year since returning from service outside of the municipality. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 253	Illinois SB 253 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	46	3	2007-02-07	2007-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/48adf1b3-eec1-4008-a4be-d53ef898d066	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=253&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27763&SessionID=51&GA=95	4e98d42bd143fa117119f2078eaa87195cd9801ae6a3a4448379e860f70e511a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 253 (95th) — MUNI CD-RESIDENCY

Amends the Municipal Code. Provides that a person who is otherwise eligible to run for elective municipal office, but whose residency period was interrupted due to that person's active duty military service outside of the municipality, or the active duty military service of that person's spouse, may run for municipal office regardless of whether or not that person has resided within the municipality for at least one year since returning from service outside of the municipality. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
• David Luechtefeld — primary (person)
• John A. Fritchey — cosponsor (person)
• John D'Amico — cosponsor (person)
• Michael K. Smith — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Luechtefeld filing
• 2007-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-07 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-21 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2007-03-01 Postponed - Local Government
• 2007-03-07 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2007
• 2007-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2007-03-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 14, 2007
• 2007-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-29 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-29 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2007-03-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2007-03-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2007-03-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2007-03-29 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-29 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2007-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2007-04-24 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-14 Re-assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-18 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
• 2007-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee amendment-introduction
• 2007-05-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-05-23 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2007-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-25 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2007-05-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-28 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
• 2007-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - May 29, 2007
• 2007-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. David Luechtefeld filing
• 2007-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government referral-committee
• 2007-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
• 2007-05-31 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 054-000-000
• 2007-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2007
• 2007-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0061 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48adf1b3-eec1-4008-a4be-d53ef898d066. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).