republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-195.md

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Bill	TWP CD-OFFICER VACANCIES	Amends the Township Code. Provides that a vacancy in office occurs if a township officer or a member of a township board of directors resigns or is convicted of a disqualifying crime. Provides that an admission of guilt of a criminal offense that would, upon conviction, disqualify the officer from holding that office or the director from membership on the board, in the form of a written agreement with State or federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime under State or federal law, shall constitute a resignation from that office or board, effective at the time the plea agreement is made. Specifies that a conviction for an offense that disqualifies an officer from holding that office or a director from membership on the board occurs on the date of the return of a guilty verdict or, in the case of a trial by the court, the entry of a finding of guilt. Effective January 1, 2012.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 195	Illinois HB 195 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2011-01-14	2011-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/531cd919-9688-450d-8823-adcc551556e8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=195&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54787&SessionID=84&GA=97	2812928056b3d5c225fb1de862bbb8a1237ca1d96dd9390eec1b388473a2e7b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 195 (97th) — TWP CD-OFFICER VACANCIES

Amends the Township Code. Provides that a vacancy in office occurs if a township officer or a member of a township board of directors resigns or is convicted of a disqualifying crime. Provides that an admission of guilt of a criminal offense that would, upon conviction, disqualify the officer from holding that office or the director from membership on the board, in the form of a written agreement with State or federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a felony, bribery, perjury, or other infamous crime under State or federal law, shall constitute a resignation from that office or board, effective at the time the plea agreement is made. Specifies that a conviction for an offense that disqualifies an officer from holding that office or a director from membership on the board occurs on the date of the return of a guilty verdict or, in the case of a trial by the court, the entry of a finding of guilt. Effective January 1, 2012.

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 — 95–3 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. McAuliffe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe filing
• 2011-01-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-08 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 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 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-003-007 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-04 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-05-11 Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 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
• 2011-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-11 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0295 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/531cd919-9688-450d-8823-adcc551556e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).