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SB 715 — COUNTY GOVERNMENT-TECH
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0468
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2003. Enacted.
Prognosis
Where this bill stands today.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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16 sponsors
0 primary, 16 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).
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Mixed recorded votes
2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Amends the Counties Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning venue of actions by or against counties.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
2 added · 2 removedPlain-language change summary
The latest version of SB 715 includes new provisions that require each county to record military discharge certificates free of charge and to provide a certified copy of these certificates to the individuals named in them at no cost. This change is important as it simplifies the process for veterans to access their discharge documentation, ensuring they have the necessary paperwork readily available without incurring any expenses. Additionally, a section related to legal actions against counties has been removed, streamlining the bill's focus on military service issues.
SB715 EngrossedEnrolled LRB093 02924 MKM 02940 b AN ACT in relation to county government.
Upon the delivery of the certificate of discharge or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of release or discharge from active duty after the recordation thereof is completed, and the delivery of one certified copy thereof to the person named in the discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of release or discharge from active duty or his SB715 EngrossedEnrolled -2- LRB093 02924 MKM 02940 b agent, the receipt theretofore issued by the recorder, or a copy thereof shall be surrendered to the recorder, with a signed statement acknowledging the receipt of the discharge certificate or MEMBER-4 copy of certificate of release or discharge from active duty and the certified copy thereof.
Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0468
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Effective Date January 1, 2004
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John Philip Novak
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Hannig
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Wirsing
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard P. Myers
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
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Passed Both Houses
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a)
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 118-000-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Amendment - Prevailed 115-000-000
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Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 23, 2003
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Table Referred to Rules Committee
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Rep. Donald L. Moffitt; Table Amendment
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee
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Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Patrick Welch
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Sponsor Removed Sen. Patrick Welch
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Denny Jacobs
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick Welch
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 3, 2003
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Welch
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Recalled to Second Reading
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Executive; 011-000-000
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Patrick Welch
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2003
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Second Reading
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
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Do Pass Executive; 008-005-000
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Assigned to Executive
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine
Sponsors
- Patrick Welch · Cosponsor
- James H. Meyer · Cosponsor
- Thomas Holbrook · Cosponsor
- Michael K. Smith · Cosponsor
- Jerry L. Mitchell · Cosponsor
- Mike Bost · Cosponsor
- William B. Black · Cosponsor
- Sidney H. Mathias · Cosponsor
- Chapin Rose · Cosponsor
- Richard P. Myers · Cosponsor
- David A. Wirsing · Cosponsor
- Bill Mitchell · Cosponsor
- Mike Boland · Cosponsor
- Gary Hannig · Cosponsor
- John Philip Novak · Cosponsor
- Chapa LaVia · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 16 co-sponsors · 167 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (16)
- Patrick Welch
- James H. Meyer
- Thomas Holbrook
- Michael K. Smith
- Jerry L. Mitchell
- Mike Bost
- William B. Black
- Sidney H. Mathias
- Chapin Rose Republican
- Richard P. Myers
- David A. Wirsing
- Bill Mitchell
- Mike Boland
- Gary Hannig
- John Philip Novak
- Chapa LaVia
Not signed on (167)
167 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 167 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Davis, Steve | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Novak | — | Yea |
| O'Brien | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Wirsing | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Grunloh | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Yea |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 103 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 115 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Not Voting |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| O'Brien | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Not Voting |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Grunloh | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Not Voting |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Novak | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Davis, Steve | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Wirsing | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Yea |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Obama | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Philip | — | Not Voting |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Woolard | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Yea |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 715 do?
- Amends the Counties Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning venue of actions by or against counties.
- Who sponsors SB 715?
- SB 715 is sponsored by Patrick Welch, James H. Meyer, Thomas Holbrook, Michael K. Smith, Jerry L. Mitchell, Mike Bost, William B. Black, Sidney H. Mathias, Chapin Rose (Republican), Richard P. Myers, David A. Wirsing, Bill Mitchell, Mike Boland, Gary Hannig, John Philip Novak, and Chapa LaVia.
- What is the current status of SB 715?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2003. Enacted.
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