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Bill	MUNI CD-POPULATION LIMIT-WARDS	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that when not elected by the minority representation plan, the number of aldermen in cities exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 25,000 (now, 20,000) shall be 10 aldermen, and cities with populations exceeding 25,000 (now, 20,000) but not exceeding 50,000 shall be 14 aldermen. Further provides that a municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants may adopt, either by ordinance or by resolution, not more than one year after the municipality's receipt of the new federal decennial census results, 8 aldermen in cities exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 25,000 (now, 20,000) and 10 aldermen in cities exceeding 25,000 (now, 20,000) but not exceeding 50,000. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2069	Illinois HB 2069 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2011-02-17	2011-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f3f353ff-384d-4277-9cfa-c089ce65f20d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2069&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59279&SessionID=84&GA=97	bd176c27d05f1942966fbc7335f1dd4ef579353ea166dcf44432b950a0ea1b1e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2069 (97th) — MUNI CD-POPULATION LIMIT-WARDS

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that when not elected by the minority representation plan, the number of aldermen in cities exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 25,000 (now, 20,000) shall be 10 aldermen, and cities with populations exceeding 25,000 (now, 20,000) but not exceeding 50,000 shall be 14 aldermen. Further provides that a municipality with 15,000 or more inhabitants may adopt, either by ordinance or by resolution, not more than one year after the municipality's receipt of the new federal decennial census results, 8 aldermen in cities exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 25,000 (now, 20,000) and 10 aldermen in cities exceeding 25,000 (now, 20,000) but not exceeding 50,000. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emily McAsey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey filing
• 2011-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-24 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-15 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-16 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
• 2011-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 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 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 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 August 11, 2011
• 2011-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0301 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3f353ff-384d-4277-9cfa-c089ce65f20d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).