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type: "Bill"
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title: "MUNI CODE-BIDS"
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description: "Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section pertaining to the letting of bids by certain municipalities, provides that any work or other public improvement, to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or special taxation, when the expense thereof will exceed $10,000 (instead of $500), shall be constructed by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Provides that work estimated to cost no more than $10,000 (instead of $500) shall be performed by the corporate authorities of the municipality under specified circumstances. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "96th"
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identifier: "HB 159"
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citation: "Illinois HB 159 (96th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2009-01-13"
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last_action: "2009-08-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e52ecb1-892f-4174-bc5a-2790038a521b"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=159&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40173&SessionID=76&GA=96"
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source_hash: "2505c2c3382e1f44cee585847b800b657443f82018234f0d9f03116c7b26f5fc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 159 (96th) — MUNI CODE-BIDS
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section pertaining to the letting of bids by certain municipalities, provides that any work or other public improvement, to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessment or special taxation, when the expense thereof will exceed $10,000 (instead of $500), shall be constructed by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Provides that work estimated to cost no more than $10,000 (instead of $500) shall be performed by the corporate authorities of the municipality under specified circumstances. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0159&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40173&DocNum=159&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0159eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40173&DocNum=159&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0159enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=40173&DocNum=159&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **77–34** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-01-13** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias `filing`
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- **2009-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2009-02-05** Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
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- **2009-02-05** Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
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- **2009-02-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 006-002-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2009-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2009-03-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 077-034-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-03-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2009-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
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- **2009-03-18** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
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- **2009-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2009-03-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
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- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
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- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
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- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2009-08-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2009-08-07** Effective Date August 7, 2009
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- **2009-08-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0138 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e52ecb1-892f-4174-bc5a-2790038a521b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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