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Bill	COUNTIES CD-FOREST PRESERVES	Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes a county to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with any forest preserve district that exempts the district from compliance with county zoning ordinances. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5899	Illinois HB 5899 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2012-02-16	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/a7f29824-67f1-4c0c-be87-509ac7154ece	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5899&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=66401&SessionID=84&GA=97	a3c622e138deea3abead3b14de03486e4cc3fcdb674a05b615c4f3cab7ba0d52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5899 (97th) — COUNTIES CD-FOREST PRESERVES

Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes a county to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with any forest preserve district that exempts the district from compliance with county zoning ordinances. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mike Fortner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner filing
• 2012-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
• 2012-03-08 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-03-08 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 23, 2012 reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2012-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-04-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2012-04-20 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2012-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2012
• 2012-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1016 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7f29824-67f1-4c0c-be87-509ac7154ece. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).