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Bill	OPEN MEETINGS-TRANSIT DISTRICT	Amends the Open Meetings Act. Permits a municipal transit district with jurisdiction over more than 4,500 square miles to include members participating in a video conference at specified locations when determining the physical presence of a quorum at an open meeting. Provides that the requirement that members of a public body with less than statewide jurisdiction be physically present at a closed meeting does not apply to a municipal transit district with jurisdiction over more than 4,500 square miles.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5329	Illinois HB 5329 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2010-02-04	2010-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/9b319798-2ad8-4d1b-be8f-c2bfe2fa438c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5329&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50359&SessionID=76&GA=96	d198c3e54c7bb00021f50f0aadbfbdf719619af9b001bcac48dc015db0558ca8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5329 (96th) — OPEN MEETINGS-TRANSIT DISTRICT

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Permits a municipal transit district with jurisdiction over more than 4,500 square miles to include members participating in a video conference at specified locations when determining the physical presence of a quorum at an open meeting. Provides that the requirement that members of a public body with less than statewide jurisdiction be physically present at a closed meeting does not apply to a municipal transit district with jurisdiction over more than 4,500 square miles.

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 — 96–19 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon W. Phelps — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps filing
• 2010-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-22 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 013-003-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2010-03-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 096-019-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-24 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
• 2010-03-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-13 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
• 2010-04-13 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2010-04-22 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 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; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-14 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-07-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1043 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b319798-2ad8-4d1b-be8f-c2bfe2fa438c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).