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Bill	FOREST PRESERVE-INDEBTEDNESS	Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that the Byron Forest Preserve District may not incur indebtedness in excess of .6% of the assessed value of taxable property in the district.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2975	Illinois SB 2975 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	24	2	2014-02-04	2014-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/bdc7ccf6-f33e-48ed-889f-485d85cb335a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2975&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79190&SessionID=85&GA=98	367c50a1e73a0ac52c2a481986da1f34a56cacd452f2b2df594ee0f89ae2bf26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2975 (98th) — FOREST PRESERVE-INDEBTEDNESS

Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that the Byron Forest Preserve District may not incur indebtedness in excess of .6% of the assessed value of taxable property in the district.

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 — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 64–36 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tim Bivins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Tim Bivins filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2014-02-26 Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2014
• 2014-02-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-02-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2014
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-01 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
• 2014-04-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-01 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2014-05-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 064-036-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-09 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-01 Effective Date January 1, 2015
• 2014-08-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0835 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bdc7ccf6-f33e-48ed-889f-485d85cb335a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).