republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-2079.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCAL GOV-TOWNSHIP OFFICERS"
description: "Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a township officer may hold a position on the board of a not-for-profit corporation that is interested in a contract, work, or business of the township if: (1) the township officer is appointed by the governing body of the township to represent the interests of the township on a not-for-profit corporation's board, then the township officer may actively vote on matters involving either that board or the township, so long as the membership on the not-for-profit board is not a paid position; or (2) the township officer is not appointed to the governing body of a not-for-profit corporation by the governing body of the township, then the township officer may continue to serve, however, the township officer shall abstain from voting on an proposition before the township governing body directly involving the not-for-profit corporation and, for those matters, shall not be counted as present for the purposes of quorum of the township governing body."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2079"
citation: "Illinois HB 2079 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna Moeller", "Suzy Glowiak Hilton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6623318-5b6a-4a2c-83c0-6f4605b460af"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2079&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=145482&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "ef1e72dda922ded4ee278bd85108e1ccc0a26290600cf5a6fca3c50fd99a69b9"
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 2079 (103rd) — LOCAL GOV-TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

Amends the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. Provides that a township officer may hold a position on the board of a not-for-profit corporation that is interested in a contract, work, or business of the township if: (1) the township officer is appointed by the governing body of the township to represent the interests of the township on a not-for-profit corporation's board, then the township officer may actively vote on matters involving either that board or the township, so long as the membership on the not-for-profit board is not a paid position; or (2) the township officer is not appointed to the governing body of a not-for-profit corporation by the governing body of the township, then the township officer may continue to serve, however, the township officer shall abstain from voting on an proposition before the township governing body directly involving the not-for-profit corporation and, for those matters, shall not be counted as present for the purposes of quorum of the township governing body.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2079.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2079eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2079enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Government — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Counties & Townships — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna Moeller — primary (person)
- Suzy Glowiak Hilton — primary (person)
- Daniel Didech — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anna Moeller `filing`
- **2023-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
- **2023-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-15** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 009-000-000
- **2023-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
- **2023-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-18** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2023
- **2023-05-05** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6623318-5b6a-4a2c-83c0-6f4605b460af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).