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Bill	TWP-POLITICAL CAUCUS-NOTIFY	Amends the Township Code. Provides that if the chairman of the township central committee fails to notify the township clerk by first-class mail of the time and location of the political party's caucus not less than 20 days before the caucus, the caucus shall not be held at the time and location. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2716	Illinois HB 2716 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2013-02-21	2013-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/1c770df3-bb19-4d8d-a606-089dfa55069a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2716&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74528&SessionID=85&GA=98	6596053e4b71c29206e55a3b603f778a835be27739503d2e98de2da3a129d1ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2716 (98th) — TWP-POLITICAL CAUCUS-NOTIFY

Amends the Township Code. Provides that if the chairman of the township central committee fails to notify the township clerk by first-class mail of the time and location of the political party's caucus not less than 20 days before the caucus, the caucus shall not be held at the time and location. 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 — 54–4 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr. filing
• 2013-02-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence M. Walsh, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2013-04-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2013-04-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-04-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-04-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 18, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2013-04-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
• 2013-04-30 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass Local Government; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
• 2013-05-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2013
• 2013-05-24 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2013 reading-3
• 2013-05-28 Third Reading - Passed; 054-004-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-16 Effective Date August 16, 2013
• 2013-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0443 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c770df3-bb19-4d8d-a606-089dfa55069a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).