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type: "Bill"
title: "LIBRARIES-TERRITORY ANNEXATION"
description: "Amends the Public Library District Act. Provides that territory annexed by a public library district included within a municipality or school district shall be approved by ordinance of the board, publication or posting, and voter referendum (rather than only by ordinance of the board with the option for a back-door referendum to prevent the annexation). Repeals provisions allowing a referendum to disconnect annexed territory from a library district. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2993"
citation: "Illinois HB 2993 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65007b89-8850-44d2-bf69-df29dcf70f98"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2993&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119335&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "eaa867eade52da769b9d67a21edd187d31f0f1aa4b67095337036dedcb7aae3a"
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 HB 2993 (101st) — LIBRARIES-TERRITORY ANNEXATION
Amends the Public Library District Act. Provides that territory annexed by a public library district included within a municipality or school district shall be approved by ordinance of the board, publication or posting, and voter referendum (rather than only by ordinance of the board with the option for a back-door referendum to prevent the annexation). Repeals provisions allowing a referendum to disconnect annexed territory from a library district. 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=10100HB2993&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119335&DocNum=2993&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2993eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119335&DocNum=2993&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2993enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119335&DocNum=2993&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **972** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C.D. Davidsmeyer — primary (person)
- Steve McClure — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-002-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Steve McClure
- **2019-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-19** Effective Date July 19, 2019
- **2019-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0099 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65007b89-8850-44d2-bf69-df29dcf70f98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).