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Bill	LOCAL GOVT-AUDIT REPORTS	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that each fiscal year, within 30 days of the close of an audit of the county's funds and accounts, the auditor conducting the audit shall: (1) provide a copy of any management letter and a copy of any audited financial statements to each member of the county board; and (2) present the information from the audit to the county board either in person or by a live phone or web connection during a public meeting. Provides that if the county maintains an Internet website, the county board shall post the information contained in any management letter or financial statements to its website. Makes similar changes in the Illinois Municipal Code.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5503	Illinois HB 5503 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2014-02-13	2014-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/5b2858c7-d708-47b7-873a-b33b5025a8e5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5503&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80470&SessionID=85&GA=98	fa7c2e44d6b4f915cf2ebe7390070d9043ebebced3def882378f2e8f83709a0d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5503 (98th) — LOCAL GOVT-AUDIT REPORTS

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that each fiscal year, within 30 days of the close of an audit of the county's funds and accounts, the auditor conducting the audit shall: (1) provide a copy of any management letter and a copy of any audited financial statements to each member of the county board; and (2) present the information from the audit to the county board either in person or by a live phone or web connection during a public meeting. Provides that if the county maintains an Internet website, the county board shall post the information contained in any management letter or financial statements to its website. Makes similar changes in the Illinois Municipal Code.

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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tom Demmer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Demmer filing
• 2014-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-24 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Demmer amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-01 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2014-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass Local Government; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2014
• 2014-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-16 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0738 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b2858c7-d708-47b7-873a-b33b5025a8e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).