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Bill	GA-UNITS OF LOCAL GOVT BAN	Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Provides that until 4 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the General Assembly shall not enact any law creating any new unit of local government, including, but not limited to, the division of existing units of local government. Provides that the amendatory Act does not apply to the creation of a new unit of local government from the consolidation of 2 or more pre-existing units of local government.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 228	Illinois HB 228 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	38	2	2015-01-21	2015-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/c4478aa9-4415-4674-b03f-3bccd36fcd9b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=228&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=83912&SessionID=88&GA=99	29835bb8476cf5b86d6a3aa0b0bbc82fa85421bb20659b156f7f08a9832df7bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 228 (99th) — GA-UNITS OF LOCAL GOVT BAN

Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Provides that until 4 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the General Assembly shall not enact any law creating any new unit of local government, including, but not limited to, the division of existing units of local government. Provides that the amendatory Act does not apply to the creation of a new unit of local government from the consolidation of 2 or more pre-existing units of local government.

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 — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jack D. Franks — primary (person)
• Julie A. Morrison — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-21 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks filing
• 2015-01-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-01-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
• 2015-01-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
• 2015-01-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
• 2015-02-03 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-19 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-03-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan
• 2015-03-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan
• 2015-03-04 Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan
• 2015-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
• 2015-03-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2015-03-05 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2015-03-05 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
• 2015-03-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Duffy
• 2015-04-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2015-04-29 Postponed - Executive
• 2015-05-07 Do Pass Executive; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2015
• 2015-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2015
• 2015-05-18 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2015-05-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2015-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0353 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4478aa9-4415-4674-b03f-3bccd36fcd9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).