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type: "Bill"
title: "ABANDONED-IRREGULAR PARCELS"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county may petition the circuit court to have property declared abandoned if the county's petition specifies that the property is not being maintained as shown by the county having to abate a violation more than 3 times within a 12 month period. Provides that a county may transfer an irregular public parcel at no cost to adjoining property owners after receiving no bids after a public auction or no offers after adopting a resolution to sell the irregular public parcel. Defines \"irregular public parcel\". Amends the Illinois Municipal Code to make similar changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 1630"
citation: "Illinois SB 1630 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a2dbaa1-ca36-4cf6-af28-4fe0d721766c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1630&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88356&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "f59a04017dd598d95382600c7d3e192355fead83090ddf9f393ad12c4ffbaa1b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 1630 (99th) — ABANDONED-IRREGULAR PARCELS
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county may petition the circuit court to have property declared abandoned if the county's petition specifies that the property is not being maintained as shown by the county having to abate a violation more than 3 times within a 12 month period. Provides that a county may transfer an irregular public parcel at no cost to adjoining property owners after receiving no bids after a public auction or no offers after adopting a resolution to sell the irregular public parcel. Defines "irregular public parcel". Amends the Illinois Municipal Code to make similar changes. Effective immediately.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1630&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88356&DocNum=1630&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1630eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88356&DocNum=1630&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB1630enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=88356&DocNum=1630&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **457** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **7837** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Linda Holmes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Darin M. LaHood `filing`
- **2015-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-11** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2015-03-11** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2015-03-24** Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 25, 2015
- **2015-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2015-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Darin M. LaHood `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2015-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 012-000-000
- **2015-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; LaHood `amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2015
- **2015-04-23** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-04-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2015-04-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2015-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-20** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 29, 2015
- **2015-05-20** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-20** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Keith R. Wheeler
- **2015-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler `amendment-introduction`
- **2015-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-20** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Counties & Townships Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2015-05-20** Motion Prevailed
- **2015-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
- **2015-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2015-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2015-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
- **2015-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
- **2015-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-21** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-05-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2015-05-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2015-05-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015
- **2015-05-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-037-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2015-05-28** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2015-05-28** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2015-05-28** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 29, 2015
- **2015-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Linda Holmes `filing`
- **2015-05-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2015-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 045-007-000
- **2015-05-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Karen McConnaughay
- **2015-05-31** Senate Concurs 045-007-000
- **2015-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2015-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2015
- **2015-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0269 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a2dbaa1-ca36-4cf6-af28-4fe0d721766c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).