republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-2531.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "IDOT-SOUTH SUBURBAN AIRPORT"
description: "Amends the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act. Defines cargo-oriented development as the development of places that are both multimodal nodes of freight transportation and centers of employment in logistics and manufacturing businesses. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall (instead of may) establish a process for prequalification of offerors. Requires the Department to commence the prequalification process within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Makes changes to legislative findings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 2531"
citation: "Illinois HB 2531 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Napoleon Harris, III", "William \"Will\" Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4dce06d-49ab-486d-8cf8-42508fe35cb7"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2531&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147637&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "efa903d48e528a1680cf759574dc3e18e019930b74e84c07a6cd2023007d1a0e"
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 2531 (103rd) — IDOT-SOUTH SUBURBAN AIRPORT

Amends the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport Act. Defines cargo-oriented development as the development of places that are both multimodal nodes of freight transportation and centers of employment in logistics and manufacturing businesses. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall (instead of may) establish a process for prequalification of offerors. Requires the Department to commence the prequalification process within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Makes changes to legislative findings.

## 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/10300HB2531.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2531eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB2531enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **33–20** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **72–40** (pass) · lower
- State Government Administration — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **10–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Napoleon Harris, III — primary (person)
- William "Will" Davis — primary (person)
- Anthony DeLuca — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Emil Jones and III — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Joyce — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William "Will" Davis `filing`
- **2023-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2023-02-21** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2023-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
- **2023-03-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-040-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2023-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Do Pass Executive; 010-003-000
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 4, 2023
- **2023-05-11** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
- **2023-05-12** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
- **2023-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2023-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
- **2023-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
- **2023-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 033-020-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-05-17** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2023-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2023-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2023-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2023-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-07-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-28** Effective Date January 1, 2024
- **2023-07-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0317 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4dce06d-49ab-486d-8cf8-42508fe35cb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).