republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/sb-1453.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION"
description: "Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Provides that the Commission may acquire fee simple title or a lesser interest in real property located within the District (now, fee simple only). Provides that the Commission may rent all or part of its buildings to certain entities for any period of time (now, for a period not to exceed 30 years). Increases the maximum moving allowance and the maximum optional fixed relocation payment for displaced persons. Increases to $10,000 (now, $5,000) the minimum dollar amount of contracts that must be let for open competitive bidding. Requires public advertisement of contracts let for open competitive bidding at least once (now, at least once in each week for 3 consecutive weeks prior to the opening of bids) in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county where the commission is located. Provides an emergency situation exception to the publication requirement for contracts subject to open competitive bidding. Requires all bids to be open to public inspection after an award or final selection has been made (now, for a period of at least 48 hours before an award is made). Deletes a requirement that a copy of every contract entered into by the public building commission shall be executed in duplicate. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1453"
citation: "Illinois SB 1453 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4bda2e0-046e-48d6-b0ee-53a5ca6c76ef"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1453&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29542&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "13d68a7811200b08b0382fdd746cb11df6bcb6f5354f009a990e9c4dbe51959a"
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 1453 (95th) — PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION

Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Provides that the Commission may acquire fee simple title or a lesser interest in real property located within the District (now, fee simple only). Provides that the Commission may rent all or part of its buildings to certain entities for any period of time (now, for a period not to exceed 30 years). Increases the maximum moving allowance and the maximum optional fixed relocation payment for displaced persons. Increases to $10,000 (now, $5,000) the minimum dollar amount of contracts that must be let for open competitive bidding. Requires public advertisement of contracts let for open competitive bidding at least once (now, at least once in each week for 3 consecutive weeks prior to the opening of bids) in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county where the commission is located. Provides an emergency situation exception to the publication requirement for contracts subject to open competitive bidding. Requires all bids to be open to public inspection after an award or final selection has been made (now, for a period of at least 48 hours before an award is made). Deletes a requirement that a copy of every contract entered into by the public building commission shall be executed in duplicate. 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=09500SB1453&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29542&DocNum=1453&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1453eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29542&DocNum=1453&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1453enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29542&DocNum=1453&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **82–32** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2007-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Held in Local Government
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-04-20** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2007-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** Motion Do Pass - Lost Local Government Committee; 004-007-000 `committee-failure`
- **2007-05-10** Remains in Local Government Committee
- **2007-05-18** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
- **2007-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-23** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-032-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2007-05-31** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01 - June 1, 2007
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2007-05-31** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000
- **2007-06-14** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-06-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 053-000-000
- **2007-06-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-07-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-09-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-11** Effective Date September 11, 2007
- **2007-09-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0614 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4bda2e0-046e-48d6-b0ee-53a5ca6c76ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).