The legislation was introduced in bill HB3141 on Feb. 15, when Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-102) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Township Code".
After debate, the House passed the bill on March 29 and it arrived in the Senate on April 3, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 17. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 19. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB3141.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Brad Halbrook |
| 2/15/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/5/2019 | House | Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 013-000-000 |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/20/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/20/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Brad Halbrook |
| 3/21/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 |
| 3/26/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 4, 2019 |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Chapin Rose |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Local Government |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019 |
| 5/14/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/14/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2019 |
| 5/17/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 |
| 6/14/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/19/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0104 |
| 7/19/2019 | House | Effective Date July 19, 2019 |
| 7/19/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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