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Bill	LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH	Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning county board elections.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 2556	Illinois HB 2556 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2011-02-18	2011-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/9aea2728-ce6d-460f-a949-96abf7e545af	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2556&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59857&SessionID=84&GA=97	5c6d33eef6361cf4c45a6a548aee3a75f4a32e38b46056d2a83136c5ceda028e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2556 (97th) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning county board elections.

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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joe Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross filing
• 2011-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-09 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Joe Sosnowski
• 2011-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-09 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 Re-assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
• 2011-03-17 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 15, 2011
• 2011-04-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-04-07 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-04-13 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2011-04-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Do Pass Criminal Law; 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 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2011
• 2011-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0331 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9aea2728-ce6d-460f-a949-96abf7e545af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).