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Bill	PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION	Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Adds to the powers of a public building commission. Provides that a public building commission has the power to employ and discharge without regard to any Civil Services Act "design-build" experts to carry out the purposes of this Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 61	Illinois HB 61 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2009-01-08	2009-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/adaeedae-a2a0-4880-b54f-e9acfb63d875	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=61&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=40041&SessionID=76&GA=96	ef0c43afe89b8adf9ff410ff99e50ca7b3d4aa223fcf8de62c72e32b7ac4fac2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 61 (96th) — PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION

Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Adds to the powers of a public building commission. Provides that a public building commission has the power to employ and discharge without regard to any Civil Services Act "design-build" experts to carry out the purposes of this 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 — 110–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thomas Holbrook — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-08 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Thomas Holbrook filing
• 2009-01-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-01-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-04 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
• 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2009-02-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
• 2009-02-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2009-02-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-02-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2009-03-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 30, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2009
• 2009-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0352 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/adaeedae-a2a0-4880-b54f-e9acfb63d875. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).