republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-909.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY ECON DEV-GRUNDY"
description: "Amends the County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of Grundy County may, by ordinance, propose the establishment of an economic development project and fix a time and place for a public hearing. Provides if an ordinance if adopted, Grundy County shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance, as adopted, to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 909"
citation: "Illinois HB 909 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/265fbba3-a33e-4992-ac51-4b4147b28c21"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=909&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15518&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "c91dc34cbc649a76636dc892134cdffeee54a41bd2b69c226ccc1132b43a1a3c"
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 909 (94th) — COUNTY ECON DEV-GRUNDY

Amends the County Economic Development Project Area Property Tax Allocation Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of Grundy County may, by ordinance, propose the establishment of an economic development project and fix a time and place for a public hearing. Provides if an ordinance if adopted, Grundy County shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance, as adopted, to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

## 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=09400HB0909&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15518&DocNum=909&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0909eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15518&DocNum=909&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0909enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15518&DocNum=909&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Careen M Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Careen M Gordon `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** 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** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **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. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Commerce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-04-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Commerce & Economic Development
- **2005-04-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Do Pass as Amended Commerce & Economic Development; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2005
- **2005-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary G. Dahl
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 058-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2005-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2005-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Local Government Committee; 010-000-000
- **2005-05-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-000
- **2005-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0259 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/265fbba3-a33e-4992-ac51-4b4147b28c21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).