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Bill	PARKS-COMMISSIONER QUALIFY	Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a person is not eligible to serve as park commissioner if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to the park district or has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2295	Illinois HB 2295 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2009-02-18	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/cfb99ee3-b939-4ba0-b8bc-9c34529a401f	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2295&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44200&SessionID=76&GA=96	9474766e64894907860cc53245a9f1fa00ca2e2c77a2b99cd8aae30a867054ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2295 (96th) — PARKS-COMMISSIONER QUALIFY

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a person is not eligible to serve as park commissioner if that person is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to the park district or has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kay Hatcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher filing
• 2009-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-23 Assigned to Elections & Campaign Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Elections & Campaign Reform Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-18 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2009-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2009-03-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-14 Effective Date August 14, 2009
• 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0458 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cfb99ee3-b939-4ba0-b8bc-9c34529a401f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).