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Bill	COUNTY DETENTION HOMES	Amends the County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act. Provides that, if the county board of any county has levied a tax for a detention home and cannot adequately support the facility, the county board may expend the tax receipts for detention services purchased through agreements with other governmental units. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 347	Illinois HB 347 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2009-01-26	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/208be6c5-5477-4ea6-8874-63d5ec12053e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=347&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40540&SessionID=76&GA=96	cec7d674eedc3f3473e51c49cc415099f46d09739deca61b8f10fa13dc446499	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 347 (96th) — COUNTY DETENTION HOMES

Amends the County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act. Provides that, if the county board of any county has levied a tax for a detention home and cannot adequately support the facility, the county board may expend the tax receipts for detention services purchased through agreements with other governmental units. 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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook filing
• 2009-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
• 2009-02-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-02-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2009-03-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-18 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
• 2009-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
• 2009-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2009
• 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0237 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/208be6c5-5477-4ea6-8874-63d5ec12053e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).