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Bill	MUNI CD-ANNEXATION	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In provisions concerning annexation under specified circumstances, adds that a municipality may annex territory which is not contiguous to the municipality if the territory is separated by an area dedicated to conservation and owned by a not-for-profit organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 under certain circumstances. Provides that it is presumed that an existing forest preserve district property, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or conservation area owned by a not-for-profit organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code creates an artificial barrier preventing annexation if the property to be annexed has access to municipal water and sewer service without new easements or new rights-of-way for access. Makes revisory changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4968	Illinois HB 4968 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2010-01-19	2010-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/7501e2d5-07b2-4c9a-8bb5-477c787f9fe2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4968&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49510&SessionID=76&GA=96	7c57aedaf4b01e216778eac532292897352279a1f9cb1606a6f936c0ce93133d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4968 (96th) — MUNI CD-ANNEXATION

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In provisions concerning annexation under specified circumstances, adds that a municipality may annex territory which is not contiguous to the municipality if the territory is separated by an area dedicated to conservation and owned by a not-for-profit organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 under certain circumstances. Provides that it is presumed that an existing forest preserve district property, federal wildlife refuge, open land, open space, or conservation area owned by a not-for-profit organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code creates an artificial barrier preventing annexation if the property to be annexed has access to municipal water and sewer service without new easements or new rights-of-way for access. Makes revisory 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 — 52–3 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 98–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Keith Farnham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-01-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham filing
• 2010-01-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-01-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Cities & Villages Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-02-23 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2010-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-016-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2010-03-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-12 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2010-03-12 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Postponed - Local Government
• 2010-04-21 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-23 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 052-003-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-23 Effective Date July 23, 2010
• 2010-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1233 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7501e2d5-07b2-4c9a-8bb5-477c787f9fe2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).