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Bill	MUNI CD-NUMBER OF ALDERMEN	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants may adopt, by ordinance or resolution, not more than one year after (now, at least 180 days prior to the first municipal election following) the municipality's receipt of the new federal decennial census results a certain specified number of aldermen (less than the number required elsewhere in the Act). Provides that a municipality with 40,000 or more inhabitants may adopt, by ordinance or resolution, not more than one year after (now, at least 180 days prior to the first general municipal election following) the municipality's receipt of the new federal decennial census results a certain specified number of aldermen (more than the number required elsewhere in the Act). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5970	Illinois HB 5970 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2010-02-10	2010-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/d4a91fe5-5cd2-43f8-8510-7efe12e03fb6	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5970&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51636&SessionID=76&GA=96	1bee5352833615674997b75f27ebd391024eb56b1b8304acbbeaf96b1390bde7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5970 (96th) — MUNI CD-NUMBER OF ALDERMEN

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants may adopt, by ordinance or resolution, not more than one year after (now, at least 180 days prior to the first municipal election following) the municipality's receipt of the new federal decennial census results a certain specified number of aldermen (less than the number required elsewhere in the Act). Provides that a municipality with 40,000 or more inhabitants may adopt, by ordinance or resolution, not more than one year after (now, at least 180 days prior to the first general municipal election following) the municipality's receipt of the new federal decennial census results a certain specified number of aldermen (more than the number required elsewhere in the Act). 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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kay Hatcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kay Hatcher filing
• 2010-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Cities & Villages Committee amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-03-02 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 18, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
• 2010-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass Local Government; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
• 2010-04-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-21 Effective Date July 21, 2010
• 2010-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1156 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4a91fe5-5cd2-43f8-8510-7efe12e03fb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).