republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/hb-365.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONSERVATN DIST-ELECT/APPNT BD"
description: "Amends the Conservation District Act. Provides that in counties adjacent to a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, by resolution of the county board or boards or by petition signed by 5% of the voters who voted in the county in the last gubernatorial election, a proposal to elect or appoint a 5 or 7 member board of trustees chosen at large or from single member subdistricts of the conservation district shall be submitted to the voters at the next general election. Provides transition procedures if the proposition is approved by a majority of the voters in the district. Provides that the trustees shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at a consolidated election. Makes other provisions such as, length of initial terms in office and, if more than one county is involved, division of trustees among counties based upon population sizes of the counties. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 365"
citation: "Illinois HB 365 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-23"
last_action: "2007-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3d9ad2f-4044-4a16-abda-16aa46c669ae"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=365&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27146&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "16dc5fc05e95e7f5c0b91ef7669ef0ee4d1c215259b301ba479421a2daba48d8"
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 365 (95th) — CONSERVATN DIST-ELECT/APPNT BD

Amends the Conservation District Act. Provides that in counties adjacent to a county with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, by resolution of the county board or boards or by petition signed by 5% of the voters who voted in the county in the last gubernatorial election, a proposal to elect or appoint a 5 or 7 member board of trustees chosen at large or from single member subdistricts of the conservation district shall be submitted to the voters at the next general election. Provides transition procedures if the proposition is approved by a majority of the voters in the district. Provides that the trustees shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at a consolidated election. Makes other provisions such as, length of initial terms in office and, if more than one county is involved, division of trustees among counties based upon population sizes of the counties. 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=09500HB0365&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27146&DocNum=365&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0365eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27146&DocNum=365&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0365enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27146&DocNum=365&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack D. Franks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks `filing`
- **2007-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2007-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2007-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
- **2007-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2007
- **2007-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0054 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3d9ad2f-4044-4a16-abda-16aa46c669ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).