COMMUNITY SELF-REVITALIZATION
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HB 1259 — COMMUNITY SELF-REVITALIZATION
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0557
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2007. Enacted.
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1 sponsor
0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Creates the Community Self-Revitalization Act. Provides that a municipality, county, or any combination of municipalities and counties that are certified as an economically distressed community or communities by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in order to receive the assistance as provided under this Act, may appoint a Board of Economic Advisors. Provides that the Board shall consist of 18 members of the community, appointed by the corporate authorities of the community, representing the perspective of 13 sectors vital to community redevelopment, including families, businesses, and government. Provides that the Board shall create a 3-year to 5-year revitalization plan for the community containing distinct, measurable objectives for revitalization. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may, subject to appropriation, make grants to communities to create a Board of Economic Advisors under the Act for the operational expenses of the Board. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall advise Boards of available funding and assist Boards in securing this funding. Effective immediately.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
124 added · 121 removedPlain-language change summary
The update to Bill HB 1259 expands the criteria for appointing members to the Board that oversees community redevelopment. While the previous version listed specific sectors for representation, the current version clarifies that up to 18 board members can be appointed from these vital sectors without limiting their roles. This change is significant because it allows for more flexibility in board membership, potentially leading to a wider range of perspectives and expertise in community development efforts.
HB1259 EngrossedEnrolled LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b AN ACT concerning community revitalization.
(5) A successful redevelopment initiative creates and maintains a capable and adaptable workforce, has access to capital, has a sound fiscal base, has adequate HB1259 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b infrastructure, has well-managed natural resources, and has an attractive quality of life.
HB1259 EngrossedEnrolled - 3 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b Section 15.
TheUp to 18 Board members shallmay be appointed from the 18following sectors vital tosectors: community redevelopment as follows:
(5) A member representing community based HB1259 EngrossedEnrolled - 4 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b (5) A member representing community based organizations such as neighborhood improvement associations.
(16) A member representing the industrial, production, HB1259 EngrossedEnrolled - 5 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b (16) A member representing the industrial, production, and manufacturing sectors.
(c) TheOne Boardthird of the initial appointees shall createserve afor 3-year2 toyears, 5-yearone revitalizationthird planshall serve for the3 community.years, and one third shall serve for 4 years, as determined by lot.
Subsequent appointees shall serve terms of 5 years.
(d) The Board shall create a 3-year to 5-year revitalization plan for the community.
The process shall be a community driven revitalization process, HB1259 Enrolled - 6 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b with community-specific data determining the direction and scope of the revitalization.
HB1259 Engrossed - 6 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b Section 20.
The Board shall engage in the dynamic process HB1259 Enrolled - 7 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b of community self-revitalization through a continuous reassessment of the needs of the community in the revitalization process.
As each goal of the 3-year to 5-year HB1259 Engrossed - 7 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b plan is achieved, the Board shall draw from the resources of its members to establish new goals and implement new strategies employing the lessons learned in the earlier stages of revitalization.
Subject to appropriation, the Department may make grants to communities that are certified as economically distressed communities under this Act and that HB1259 Enrolled - 8 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b create a Board of Economic Advisors under this Act for the operational expenses of the Board.
HB1259 Engrossed - 8 - LRB095 10412 RCE 30627 b Section 99.
Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0557
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Effective Date August 30, 2007
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Passed Both Houses
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 099-000-000
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3/5 Vote Required
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Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
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Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Delgado
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Recalled to Second Reading
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Commerce and Economic Development; 007-000-000
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Commerce and Economic Development
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
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Second Reading
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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. William Delgado
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
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Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development; 010-000-000
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Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
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Assigned to Commerce and Economic Development
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2007
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Arrive in Senate
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-000
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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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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
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Assigned to Local Government Committee
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
Sponsors
- Wyvetter H. Younge · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (1)
- Wyvetter H. Younge
Not signed on (182)
182 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 182 →"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 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Republican | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 99 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| % of votes cast | 84% | 0% | 0% | 16% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Not Voting |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jefferies | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Not Voting |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Yea |
| Schock | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Tryon | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Bradley, John | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Coladipietro | — | Yea |
| Dugan | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Fortner | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Golar | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Harris | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| May | — | Not Voting |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Not Voting |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Not Voting |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Not Voting |
| Lyons | — | Not Voting |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Not Voting |
| Cole | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| D'Amico | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Not Voting |
| Dunn | — | Not Voting |
| Franks | — | Not Voting |
| Gordon | — | Not Voting |
| Hassert | — | Not Voting |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Not Voting |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Pritchard | — | Yea |
| Ramey | — | Yea |
| Reboletti | — | Yea |
| Reis | — | Yea |
| Riley | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Not Voting |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Arroyo | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Beiser | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Not Voting |
| Durkin | — | Not Voting |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Fred Crespo | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| La Shawn K. Ford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Not Voting |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Yea |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Jil Tracy | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 55 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Frerichs | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Kotowski | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Not Voting |
| Noland | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Wilhelmi | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| Dahl | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Raoul | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| Sandoval | — | Not Voting |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Bond | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Not Voting |
| David Koehler | Democrat | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Laura M. Murphy | Democrat | Yea |
| Linda Holmes | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 100 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 113 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 1% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Jefferies | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Lyons | — | Yea |
| Dugan | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Nay |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Not Voting |
| D'Amico | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Not Voting |
| Durkin | — | Not Voting |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Bradley, John | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Schock | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Tryon | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Harris | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Coladipietro | — | Yea |
| Cole | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Fortner | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Golar | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Not Voting |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Pritchard | — | Yea |
| Ramey | — | Yea |
| Reboletti | — | Yea |
| Reis | — | Yea |
| Riley | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Arroyo | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Beiser | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Yea |
| Gordon | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Fred Crespo | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| La Shawn K. Ford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | 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 |
| Jil Tracy | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 1259 do?
- Creates the Community Self-Revitalization Act. Provides that a municipality, county, or any combination of municipalities and counties that are certified as an economically distressed community or communities by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, in order to receive the assistance as provided under this Act, may appoint a Board of Economic Advisors. Provides that the Board shall consist of 18 members of the community, appointed by the corporate authorities of the community, representing the perspective of 13 sectors vital to community redevelopment, including families, businesses, and government. Provides that the Board shall create a 3-year to 5-year revitalization plan for the community containing distinct, measurable objectives for revitalization. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may, subject to appropriation, make grants to communities to create a Board of Economic Advisors under the Act for the operational expenses of the Board. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall advise Boards of available funding and assist Boards in securing this funding. Effective immediately.
- Who sponsors HB 1259?
- HB 1259 is sponsored by Wyvetter H. Younge.
- What is the current status of HB 1259?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2007. Enacted.
- Where can I track HB 1259?
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