republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-1760.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "METRO WATER RECLAMATION DIST"
description: "Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. In provisions concerning promotional examinations, authorizes the director of a sanitary district to require candidates to separately pass the efficiency and seniority parts of a promotional examination. Provides that if the director requires candidates to separately pass the efficiency and seniority parts of a promotional examination, then any candidate who does not pass the efficiency and seniority parts of the examination shall fail the entire examination. In provisions concerning certain appointments, adds that the director shall certify the addresses of the candidates from succeeding categories in the order of excellence of the categories only until 5 names are provided to the appointing officer. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1760"
citation: "Illinois HB 1760 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a95901b9-9521-429a-bad7-b6a3ef3a64b4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1760&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58943&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "a510995443a5180efa6f1721a01db9e852898bb40f6514597a0e32f281cc2a97"
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 1760 (97th) — METRO WATER RECLAMATION DIST

Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. In provisions concerning promotional examinations, authorizes the director of a sanitary district to require candidates to separately pass the efficiency and seniority parts of a promotional examination. Provides that if the director requires candidates to separately pass the efficiency and seniority parts of a promotional examination, then any candidate who does not pass the efficiency and seniority parts of the examination shall fail the entire examination. In provisions concerning certain appointments, adds that the director shall certify the addresses of the candidates from succeeding categories in the order of excellence of the categories only until 5 names are provided to the appointing officer. Effective immediately.

## 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=09700HB1760&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58943&DocNum=1760&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1760eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58943&DocNum=1760&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1760enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58943&DocNum=1760&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **78–32** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph M. Lyons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons `filing`
- **2011-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
- **2011-03-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-10** Motion Do Pass as Amended - Lost Counties & Townships Committee; 003-002-000 `committee-failure`
- **2011-03-10** Remains in Counties & Townships Committee
- **2011-03-17** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-032-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2011-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2011
- **2011-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0124 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a95901b9-9521-429a-bad7-b6a3ef3a64b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).