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Bill	MUNI CD-NUISANCE LIENS	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In Sections concerning the removal of nuisances by the corporate authorities of a municipality, provides for a uniform method of filing a lien to recover the costs of removing specified nuisances. Includes the removal costs of (i) cutting and removing neglected weeds, grass, trees, and bushes, (ii) controlling pests, (iii) removing infected trees, and (iv) removing garbage and debris. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 2451	Illinois HB 2451 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2009-02-19	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/2dc1ddde-3dad-4c05-8567-0b20d9f41bfd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2451&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44615&SessionID=76&GA=96	ddb7cd158266365eb353585bf3d4b0bc9e0a03d8ae5ef36a5da9715f6770cd2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2451 (96th) — MUNI CD-NUISANCE LIENS

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In Sections concerning the removal of nuisances by the corporate authorities of a municipality, provides for a uniform method of filing a lien to recover the costs of removing specified nuisances. Includes the removal costs of (i) cutting and removing neglected weeds, grass, trees, and bushes, (ii) controlling pests, (iii) removing infected trees, and (iv) removing garbage and debris. Makes conforming changes. 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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kenneth Dunkin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich filing
• 2009-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-23 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-05 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2009-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2009-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kenneth Dunkin amendment-introduction
• 2009-03-19 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-03-31 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-03-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-01 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-04-01 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
• 2009-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-02 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; 057-001-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0462 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2dc1ddde-3dad-4c05-8567-0b20d9f41bfd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).