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type: "Bill"
title: "DOWNSTATE FOREST PRESERVE DIST"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 2477"
citation: "Illinois HB 2477 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a58def25-21b2-4ce8-a40d-ccc00b109f00"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2477&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4265&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "b52bce78d881cc0108931d45ff9b882682f68561e02469ba620004099ea53384"
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 2477 (93rd) — DOWNSTATE FOREST PRESERVE DIST
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.
## 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=09300HB2477&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=4265&DocNum=2477&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
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)
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)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carole Pankau — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2003-02-20** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carole Pankau `filing`
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Peter J. Roskam
- **2003-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-21** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2003
- **2003-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0247 `became-law`
## Source
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).