republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-268.md

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Bill	LOCAL GOVT CONSOLIDATION COMSN	Creates the Local Government Consolidation Commission Act of 2011. Establishes a commission of legislative members appointed by the legislative leaders and local government representatives appointed by the Governor to report to the General Assembly on consolidating local governments. Provides for support of the commission by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Repeals the Local Government Consolidation Commission Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 268	Illinois HB 268 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2011-01-25	2011-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/7e06a246-8ff7-4367-95e8-c0b9284471fc	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=268&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54939&SessionID=84&GA=97	bbc32c2909f5cbc3db10e3ac0c24a38a10d98abcf413de55b7a740404030463c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 268 (97th) — LOCAL GOVT CONSOLIDATION COMSN

Creates the Local Government Consolidation Commission Act of 2011. Establishes a commission of legislative members appointed by the legislative leaders and local government representatives appointed by the Governor to report to the General Assembly on consolidating local governments. Provides for support of the commission by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Repeals the Local Government Consolidation Commission Act. 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 — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jack D. Franks — primary (person)
• John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks filing
• 2011-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-08 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2011-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2011-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
• 2011-02-16 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2011-02-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2011-02-16 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-02-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-02-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2011-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2011-03-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-03-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2011-03-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-03-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2011-04-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
• 2011-04-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 Do Pass Executive; 011-002-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
• 2011-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2011-05-17 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 048-002-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 97-0316 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e06a246-8ff7-4367-95e8-c0b9284471fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).