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type: "Bill"
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title: "FOREST PRESERVE EASEMENT"
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description: "Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land, in fee simple or by easement, for the following purposes: to create a forest preserve, for the consolidation of forest preserve units, to connect forest preserve units, to preserve and manage the water resources of the forest preserve district along water courses, and to provide for the extension of roads and parking for forest preserves. Further provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land by easement as it shall deem necessary or desirable for public use of forest preserves. Provides that property owned by a forest preserve district and property in which a forest preserve district is the grantee of a conservation easement or the grantee of a conservation right shall not be subject to eminent domain or condemnation proceedings. Effective immediately."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "98th"
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identifier: "SB 1499"
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citation: "Illinois SB 1499 (98th)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2013-02-07"
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last_action: "2013-08-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f9fc83-1b0f-429b-a96e-9459eaf4a6ba"
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source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1499&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72250&SessionID=85&GA=98"
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source_hash: "e24f34bb5e059c0198dd6f28a959697f47d0caaef427ea32b28e4ce92fa29645"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 1499 (98th) — FOREST PRESERVE EASEMENT
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Amends the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land, in fee simple or by easement, for the following purposes: to create a forest preserve, for the consolidation of forest preserve units, to connect forest preserve units, to preserve and manage the water resources of the forest preserve district along water courses, and to provide for the extension of roads and parking for forest preserves. Further provides that any forest preserve district shall have the power to acquire land by easement as it shall deem necessary or desirable for public use of forest preserves. Provides that property owned by a forest preserve district and property in which a forest preserve district is the grantee of a conservation easement or the grantee of a conservation right shall not be subject to eminent domain or condemnation proceedings. Effective immediately.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1499&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72250&DocNum=1499&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1499eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72250&DocNum=1499&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB1499enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=72250&DocNum=1499&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `filing`
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- **2013-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-14** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-28** Postponed - Local Government
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- **2013-03-06** Do Pass Local Government; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2013-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2013
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- **2013-03-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
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- **2013-03-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 13, 2013
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- **2013-03-13** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2013-03-13** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2013-03-13** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
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- **2013-03-13** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-08** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2013-05-02** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2013-05-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2013-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2013-05-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2013-05-15** Passed Both Houses
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- **2013-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2013-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2013
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- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0281 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58f9fc83-1b0f-429b-a96e-9459eaf4a6ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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