republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-5972.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	CNTY CD-CODE HEARING UNIT	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board of any county that establishes a code hearing unit may, by ordinance, establish a fine schedule for code violations. The fine schedule must include (i) a determinate fine for each code violation that may be voluntarily paid by a respondent prior to his or her hearing date and (ii) the fine that may otherwise be imposed for each code violation. Requires that under specified circumstances a violation notice and report form contain the amount of any fine imposed pursuant to a schedule of fines approved by the county board. Provides that, in lieu of a personal appearance at a hearing, a county may provide for the voluntary payment of a determinate fine in accordance with a schedule of fines approved by ordinance. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5972	Illinois HB 5972 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2010-02-10	2010-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/f8ab1628-70ed-4d69-b2c1-b30689056eb7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5972&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51638&SessionID=76&GA=96	b41ea4be45833e670e8a219555adf885e216faa2a6c84be92d59841ef96feffc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5972 (96th) — CNTY CD-CODE HEARING UNIT

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board of any county that establishes a code hearing unit may, by ordinance, establish a fine schedule for code violations. The fine schedule must include (i) a determinate fine for each code violation that may be voluntarily paid by a respondent prior to his or her hearing date and (ii) the fine that may otherwise be imposed for each code violation. Requires that under specified circumstances a violation notice and report form contain the amount of any fine imposed pursuant to a schedule of fines approved by the county board. Provides that, in lieu of a personal appearance at a hearing, a county may provide for the voluntary payment of a determinate fine in accordance with a schedule of fines approved by ordinance. 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 — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ronald A. Wait — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dave Winters filing
• 2010-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-02 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-23 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ronald A. Wait
• 2010-03-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Winters
• 2010-03-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2010-03-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2010-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 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. David Koehler
• 2010-03-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-24 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-1157 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8ab1628-70ed-4d69-b2c1-b30689056eb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).