republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-497.md

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Bill	LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH	Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 497	Illinois SB 497 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2013-01-23	2014-06-18	openstates	ocd-bill/3719cf09-0c77-4af1-a564-c686b7e3dbe2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=497&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=69824&SessionID=85&GA=98	9f3a4eaedb0ac33ed7fbdd6c0364dc73d7107f5461e2385c43c34112ac59903d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 497 (98th) — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

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 — 110–2 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-23 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2013-01-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-01-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013
• 2013-04-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2013
• 2013-04-16 Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-11-05 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2013-11-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 6, 2013
• 2013-11-05 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
• 2013-11-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon; -Althoff amendment-introduction
• 2013-11-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-11-05 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As November 7, 2013 reading-3
• 2013-11-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2013-11-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 015-000-000
• 2013-11-07 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2013-11-07 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-11-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon-Althoff amendment-passage
• 2013-11-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2013-11-07 3/5 Vote Required
• 2013-11-07 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-11-08 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-11-08 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2013-12-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-12-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-11 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-02-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2014-04-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-02 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-002-001 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2014-04-02 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-06-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-06-18 Effective Date June 18, 2014
• 2014-06-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0653 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3719cf09-0c77-4af1-a564-c686b7e3dbe2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).