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type: "Bill"
title: "FOREST PRESERVE-INDEBTEDNESS"
description: "Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that the Byron Forest Preserve District may not incur indebtedness in excess of .6% of the assessed value of taxable property in the district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 2975"
citation: "Illinois SB 2975 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-04"
last_action: "2014-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdc7ccf6-f33e-48ed-889f-485d85cb335a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2975&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79190&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "367c50a1e73a0ac52c2a481986da1f34a56cacd452f2b2df594ee0f89ae2bf26"
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 2975 (98th) — FOREST PRESERVE-INDEBTEDNESS
Amends the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Provides that the Byron Forest Preserve District may not incur indebtedness in excess of .6% of the assessed value of taxable property in the district.
## 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=09800SB2975&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79190&DocNum=2975&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2975eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79190&DocNum=2975&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB2975enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79190&DocNum=2975&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **530** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **6436** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tim Bivins — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-04** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Tim Bivins `filing`
- **2014-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-26** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2014
- **2014-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2014
- **2014-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2014-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 064-036-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0835 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdc7ccf6-f33e-48ed-889f-485d85cb335a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).