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Bill	COUNTY-PROP LEGAL DESCRIPTION	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a notice concerning variations, special uses, or specified zoning hearings need not include a metes and bounds legal description of the property affected, provided that the notice includes the common street address or addresses and property index number ("PIN") of all the parcels of real property contained in the affected area. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 1203	Illinois HB 1203 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2013-01-31	2013-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/6389c775-94d9-4a6d-ae0b-df57abd26636	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1203&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=71663&SessionID=85&GA=98	f6c4fb2e78798cb60a2b4c4f3899003281640db39e8731f7301596f5ec9fa09a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1203 (98th) — COUNTY-PROP LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a notice concerning variations, special uses, or specified zoning hearings need not include a metes and bounds legal description of the property affected, provided that the notice includes the common street address or addresses and property index number ("PIN") of all the parcels of real property contained in the affected area. 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 — 98–16 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joe Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-31 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski filing
• 2013-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-13 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-21 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-02-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joe Sosnowski amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-07 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-03-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-016-001 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-03-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 12, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-03-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2013-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-21 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2013-04-11 Do Pass Local Government; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-04-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 12, 2013
• 2013-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2013
• 2013-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-09 Effective Date August 9, 2013
• 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0205 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6389c775-94d9-4a6d-ae0b-df57abd26636. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).