republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-4968.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MUNI CD-ANNEXATION"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 4968"
citation: "Illinois HB 4968 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-19"
last_action: "2010-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7501e2d5-07b2-4c9a-8bb5-477c787f9fe2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4968&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49510&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7c57aedaf4b01e216778eac532292897352279a1f9cb1606a6f936c0ce93133d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4968&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49510&DocNum=4968&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4968eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49510&DocNum=4968&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB4968enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49510&DocNum=4968&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7501e2d5-07b2-4c9a-8bb5-477c787f9fe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).