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Bill	CNTY CD-LOCAL GOV REPORTING	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, on or before January 1, 2017, every county shall prepare a report for the General Assembly recommending units of local government (not including school districts and units of local government with elected boards) that may be consolidated or dissolved within the county. Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2018. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 2994	Illinois SB 2994 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2016-02-18	2016-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/516e336d-fb89-44e7-83ed-732ecb1fc14e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2994&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96326&SessionID=88&GA=99	f0802a4283caa012c1125d89ece6c051bc07d983aa4a6a018b00237ab6f4ea0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2994 (99th) — CNTY CD-LOCAL GOV REPORTING

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, on or before January 1, 2017, every county shall prepare a report for the General Assembly recommending units of local government (not including school districts and units of local government with elected boards) that may be consolidated or dissolved within the county. Repeals these provisions on January 1, 2018. Effective immediately.

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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stephanie A. Kifowit — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton filing
• 2016-02-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2016-03-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2016-03-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
• 2016-04-06 To Subcommittee on Consolidation
• 2016-04-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Consolidation
• 2016-04-08 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 22, 2016
• 2016-04-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Reported Back To Local Government; 003-000-000
• 2016-04-13 Reported Back To Local Government; 003-000-000
• 2016-04-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-04-14 Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 18, 2016
• 2016-04-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
• 2016-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-21 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-04-21 Chief House Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
• 2016-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
• 2016-05-02 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2016-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2016
• 2016-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0634 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/516e336d-fb89-44e7-83ed-732ecb1fc14e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).