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type: "Bill"
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title: "DOWNSTATE FOREST PRESERVE DIST"
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description: "Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that the affirmative vote of 6/7 of all the board members of a forest preserve district is required to vacate a street, roadway, or driveway if the board members are elected from a district whose boundaries are co-extensive with the boundaries of a county having a population of more than 800,000 but less than 3,000,000. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "93rd"
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identifier: "HB 2477"
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citation: "Illinois HB 2477 (93rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2003-02-20"
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last_action: "2003-07-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a58def25-21b2-4ce8-a40d-ccc00b109f00"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2477&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4265&SessionID=3&GA=93"
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source_hash: "b52bce78d881cc0108931d45ff9b882682f68561e02469ba620004099ea53384"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois HB 2477 (93rd) — DOWNSTATE FOREST PRESERVE DIST
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Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that the affirmative vote of 6/7 of all the board members of a forest preserve district is required to vacate a street, roadway, or driveway if the board members are elected from a district whose boundaries are co-extensive with the boundaries of a county having a population of more than 800,000 but less than 3,000,000. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2477&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4265&DocNum=2477&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2477eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4265&DocNum=2477&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2477enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4265&DocNum=2477&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Carole Pankau — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2003-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carole Pankau `filing`
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- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2003-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2003-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
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- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2003 `reading-1`
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- **2003-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Peter J. Roskam
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- **2003-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2003-03-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
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- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
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- **2003-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2003-05-15** Passed Both Houses
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- **2003-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2003-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2003-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2003
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- **2003-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0247 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a58def25-21b2-4ce8-a40d-ccc00b109f00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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