republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-704.md

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Bill	CNTY CD-COMMISSIONERS	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county with a population of 50,000 or less with a 3-member board of commissioners may, upon referendum initiated by (i) the adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners or (ii) a petition signed by not less than 10% of the registered voters in the county, establish a 5-member board of county commissioners. Sets forth requirements for the referendum. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 704	Illinois HB 704 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2009-02-05	2009-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/53f8ba14-0180-4257-b4e7-d047926557dd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=704&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=41210&SessionID=76&GA=96	0516163ce2de0a8207af50ebaf1fa024c79e8ea80be2b17eb4d5fcfe858bac92	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 704 (96th) — CNTY CD-COMMISSIONERS

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county with a population of 50,000 or less with a 3-member board of commissioners may, upon referendum initiated by (i) the adoption of a resolution by the board of county commissioners or (ii) a petition signed by not less than 10% of the registered voters in the county, establish a 5-member board of county commissioners. Sets forth requirements for the referendum. 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 — 86–15 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon W. Phelps — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps 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
• 2009-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps amendment-introduction
• 2009-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-01 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 086-015-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-15 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-21 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Gary Forby
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Elections referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass Elections; 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; 058-000-000 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 August 10, 2009
• 2009-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0175 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53f8ba14-0180-4257-b4e7-d047926557dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).