republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-2140.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY TAX-ASSESSMENTS"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the township or multi-township assessors in counties with 500,000 or more but no more than 700,000 inhabitants shall, on or before October 15 of the assessment year, return the assessment books or workbooks to the supervisor of assessments (now, counties with less than 600,000 inhabitants must return the books on or before April 15). Effective January 1, 2005."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2140"
citation: "Illinois SB 2140 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-01-14"
last_action: "2004-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e77eb9e-e017-4020-b3c2-be34c89ab618"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2140&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=7905&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "d2bd0a3132faac16a395e3ed08559d0122743b2e14c6c1f829eb067cbeec739e"
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 SB 2140 (93rd) — PROPERTY TAX-ASSESSMENTS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the township or multi-township assessors in counties with 500,000 or more but no more than 700,000 inhabitants shall, on or before October 15 of the assessment year, return the assessment books or workbooks to the supervisor of assessments (now, counties with less than 600,000 inhabitants must return the books on or before April 15). Effective January 1, 2005.

## 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=09300SB2140&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=7905&DocNum=2140&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2140eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=7905&DocNum=2140&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2140enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=7905&DocNum=2140&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Fritchey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Robert W. Churchill — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `filing`
- **2004-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-01-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-04** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-02-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-10** Do Pass Revenue; 009-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2004
- **2004-02-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-02-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 25, 2004
- **2004-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Revenue
- **2004-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Adopted Revenue; 010-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-03-25** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Garrett `amendment-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2004-03-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2004-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2004-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2004-05-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2004-05-12** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2004-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2004-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Churchill
- **2004-05-12** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2004-05-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0761 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e77eb9e-e017-4020-b3c2-be34c89ab618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).