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type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-COMPETITIVE BIDS"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in a county with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants that certain contracts in excess of $30,000 (instead of $20,000) must be let by competitive bidding. Allows counties to contract for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or installation of data processing equipment, software, or services and telecommunications and inter-connect equipment, software, and services without advertising for bids when the individual orders do not exceed $35,000 (instead of $25,000)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 585"
citation: "Illinois HB 585 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-05"
last_action: "2009-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11753c4e-fe65-4cc6-b00f-6982ef505801"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=585&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=41006&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "4a74dbfeea73a63a6498c2ad1b9206a5bb927360494d46b525df7ac62034af82"
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 585 (96th) — CNTY CD-COMPETITIVE BIDS
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in a county with fewer than 2,000,000 inhabitants that certain contracts in excess of $30,000 (instead of $20,000) must be let by competitive bidding. Allows counties to contract for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or installation of data processing equipment, software, or services and telecommunications and inter-connect equipment, software, and services without advertising for bids when the individual orders do not exceed $35,000 (instead of $25,000).
## 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=09600HB0585&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41006&DocNum=585&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0585eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41006&DocNum=585&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0585enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=41006&DocNum=585&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **551** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **8134** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jim Sacia — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia `filing`
- **2009-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2009-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- **2009-03-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-034-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2009-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
- **2009-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0170 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11753c4e-fe65-4cc6-b00f-6982ef505801`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).