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Bill	OPEN LAND-GRANT REIMBURSEMENTS	Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that at least 50% of any grant made to a unit of local government under the Act must be paid to the unit of local government at the time the Department awards the grant. Provides that the remainder shall be distributed quarterly on a reimbursement basis. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1637	Illinois SB 1637 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2013-02-13	2013-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/7f31c26a-1be7-4cbf-9710-dcffdbd73bed	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1637&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72503&SessionID=85&GA=98	12c1fc93e50398c61e1ee9432da182190db08cf1c08789bee4f84a4c4a7dbd36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1637 (98th) — OPEN LAND-GRANT REIMBURSEMENTS

Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that at least 50% of any grant made to a unit of local government under the Act must be paid to the unit of local government at the time the Department awards the grant. Provides that the remainder shall be distributed quarterly on a reimbursement basis. 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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carol A. Sente — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Kotowski — primary (person)
• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry F. Costello, II — cosponsor (person)
• Keith Farnham — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly Burke — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-13 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski filing
• 2013-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-13 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 Do Pass Local Government; 008-002-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2013
• 2013-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
• 2013-04-11 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-11 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2013-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2013-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
• 2013-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2013-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II
• 2013-05-08 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
• 2013-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2013-05-16 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2013-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2013
• 2013-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0326 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f31c26a-1be7-4cbf-9710-dcffdbd73bed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).