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type: "Bill"
title: "LEASE CLOSED STATE PARKS"
description: "Creates the Lease of Closed State Properties Act. Requires that the Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency offer to lease to any interested unit of local government, non-profit organization, or public or private college or university the operation and maintenance of any closed State park or historic site for one dollar. Provides that the leasing entity shall retain all revenues generated by such operation during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease, requires the State to reimburse the leasing entity for the undepreciated portion of any improvements made or paid for by the entity. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Illinois HB 37 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2008-12-29"
last_action: "2009-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/805859a8-18d9-404c-8b7e-d92504aa856a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=37&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=39980&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "b5f3a729eb4e537cc292869a9419f76a55b0b311ce4c371a5e61d61ed654c6fe"
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 37 (96th) — LEASE CLOSED STATE PARKS
Creates the Lease of Closed State Properties Act. Requires that the Department of Natural Resources and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency offer to lease to any interested unit of local government, non-profit organization, or public or private college or university the operation and maintenance of any closed State park or historic site for one dollar. Provides that the leasing entity shall retain all revenues generated by such operation during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease, requires the State to reimburse the leasing entity for the undepreciated portion of any improvements made or paid for by the entity. 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=09600HB0037&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=39980&DocNum=37&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0037eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=39980&DocNum=37&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB0037enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=39980&DocNum=37&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dan Brady — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2008-12-29** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
- **2009-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2009-02-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-02-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2009-02-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-02** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dan Brady
- **2009-04-02** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2009-04-02** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2009-04-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2009-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger
- **2009-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dale E. Risinger `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2009-05-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
- **2009-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Dan Brady
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2009
- **2009-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0557 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/805859a8-18d9-404c-8b7e-d92504aa856a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).