republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/hb-3141.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPOINTED TWP OFFICIAL-VACANCY"
description: "Amends the Township Code. Provides that if a vacant township supervisor office is filled by appointment, the appointed supervisor shall fulfill the bond requirement for township supervisors. Provides that the appointed supervisor may be a trustee appointed by a majority vote of the trustees and shall have one vote on any matter properly before the board. Provides that whenever any township or multi-township office becomes vacant or temporarily vacant due to the physical incapacity of a township officer, the township or multi-township board may temporarily appoint a deputy to perform the ministerial functions of the vacant office. Provides that the temporary deputy is not permitted to vote at a township board meeting unless the appointed deputy is a trustee of the board at the time of the vote. Provides that if the appointed deputy is a trustee, his or her trustee compensation shall be suspended until he or she concludes his or her appointment as an appointed deputy upon the permanent appointment to fill the vacancy. Exempts the temporary deputy from the requirement to fill a vacant township office with a member of the same political party. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 3141"
citation: "Illinois HB 3141 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74c31caf-bc03-42a7-a4f4-f593336589f6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3141&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=119552&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "c303865c5a37de3c1e5e0928f763db73ecf470b67bed5fcc98e5ba898fce4b15"
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 3141 (101st) — APPOINTED TWP OFFICIAL-VACANCY

Amends the Township Code. Provides that if a vacant township supervisor office is filled by appointment, the appointed supervisor shall fulfill the bond requirement for township supervisors. Provides that the appointed supervisor may be a trustee appointed by a majority vote of the trustees and shall have one vote on any matter properly before the board. Provides that whenever any township or multi-township office becomes vacant or temporarily vacant due to the physical incapacity of a township officer, the township or multi-township board may temporarily appoint a deputy to perform the ministerial functions of the vacant office. Provides that the temporary deputy is not permitted to vote at a township board meeting unless the appointed deputy is a trustee of the board at the time of the vote. Provides that if the appointed deputy is a trustee, his or her trustee compensation shall be suspended until he or she concludes his or her appointment as an appointed deputy upon the permanent appointment to fill the vacancy. Exempts the temporary deputy from the requirement to fill a vacant township office with a member of the same political party. 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=10100HB3141&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119552&DocNum=3141&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3141eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119552&DocNum=3141&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB3141enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=119552&DocNum=3141&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Halbrook — primary (person)
- Chapin Rose — primary (person)
- Darren Bailey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brad Halbrook `filing`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Brad Halbrook `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey
- **2019-04-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 4, 2019 `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose
- **2019-04-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** 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
- **2019-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019
- **2019-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `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 . . . . . . . . . 101-0104 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74c31caf-bc03-42a7-a4f4-f593336589f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).