republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-2533.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LOCGOV-PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
description: "Amends the Public Works Contract Change Order Act. Provides that if a change order for any public works contract (i) is entered into by a unit of local government or school district, (ii) is not procured in accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code and the State Finance Act, and (iii) authorizes or necessitates any increase in the price of a subcontract under the contract that is 50% or more of the original subcontract price, then the portion of the contract that is subject to the change order must be resubmitted for bidding in the same manner for which the original contract was bid. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 2533"
citation: "Illinois HB 2533 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-18"
last_action: "2005-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94694152-d03b-4208-999e-51b112545908"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2533&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18083&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "56d325645b06e1b0beb4e016febb66671e72b25c87093f468f9931d2b7c368b9"
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 2533 (94th) — LOCGOV-PUBLIC CONTRACTS

Amends the Public Works Contract Change Order Act. Provides that if a change order for any public works contract (i) is entered into by a unit of local government or school district, (ii) is not procured in accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code and the State Finance Act, and (iii) authorizes or necessitates any increase in the price of a subcontract under the contract that is 50% or more of the original subcontract price, then the portion of the contract that is subject to the change order must be resubmitted for bidding in the same manner for which the original contract was bid. 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=09400HB2533&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18083&DocNum=2533&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2533eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18083&DocNum=2533&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2533enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18083&DocNum=2533&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **84–29** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovana Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lovana Jones `filing`
- **2005-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 008-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-16** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2005-03-16** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-029-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2005-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
- **2005-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2005-03-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2005-03-16** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2005-04-11** Sponsor Removed Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-14** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Local Government
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 20, 2005
- **2005-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2005
- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0460 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94694152-d03b-4208-999e-51b112545908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).