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Bill	PARK DISTRICT-ELECTIONS	Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district that serves a population within at least 2, but no more than 4, municipalities and serves within a county with a population greater than 100,000 but less than 200,000 shall have a board of commissioners consisting of 9 members (instead of 5 members) that includes 4 appointed commissioners. Sets forth the procedures for appointing the commissioners and the length of their initial and subsequent terms.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5593	Illinois HB 5593 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2014-02-13	2014-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/9702180d-f37c-4d48-98e2-61d73c894fec	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5593&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=80660&SessionID=85&GA=98	1c30eac4a1781fa44ee40418cb269bea4b07cd91d91a9e298a54e12b0cb59475	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5593 (98th) — PARK DISTRICT-ELECTIONS

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that a park district that serves a population within at least 2, but no more than 4, municipalities and serves within a county with a population greater than 100,000 but less than 200,000 shall have a board of commissioners consisting of 9 members (instead of 5 members) that includes 4 appointed commissioners. Sets forth the procedures for appointing the commissioners and the length of their initial and subsequent terms.

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 — 100–12 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 36–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tom Cross — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-27 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-17 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-17 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
• 2014-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-24 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
• 2014-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2014-03-25 House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Cities & Villages Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2014-03-25 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 015-001-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-25 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2014-03-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-31 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
• 2014-04-04 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 013-001-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-04-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-07 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-012-002 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
• 2014-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-05-01 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2014-05-14 Do Pass Executive; 009-005-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2014
• 2014-05-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2014-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
• 2014-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 036-018-002 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-15 Effective Date August 15, 2014
• 2014-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0928 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9702180d-f37c-4d48-98e2-61d73c894fec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).