republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-299.md

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Bill	CNTY CD-SHERIFF MERIT COMM	Amends the Counties Code. Removes the provision that court security officers shall be subject to a Sheriff's Merit Commission for disciplinary purposes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 299	Illinois HB 299 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2015-01-26	2015-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/cd77a8c1-5d4b-44cf-9714-cb0b13f9697b	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=299&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=84045&SessionID=88&GA=99	10aec4f9a12df6e9006fc2709bcb4181386c0e73f3525ca82bc0acbf171a0584	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 299 (99th) — CNTY CD-SHERIFF MERIT COMM

Amends the Counties Code. Removes the provision that court security officers shall be subject to a Sheriff's Merit Commission for disciplinary purposes.

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 — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Wheeler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-26 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Wheeler filing
• 2015-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-01-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-13 Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee referral-committee
• 2015-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 024-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-02-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Wheeler amendment-introduction
• 2015-03-09 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-03-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2015-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2015-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-03-19 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2015-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2015-03-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2015-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 16, 2015
• 2015-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2015
• 2015-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-07-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-07-10 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-07-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0010 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd77a8c1-5d4b-44cf-9714-cb0b13f9697b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).