Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 588 — LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Summary

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

49 added · 18 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes to SB 588 clarify the process for how ordinances, resolutions, and motions must be handled by a board of commissioners. It establishes that all proposals need to be written before a vote takes place and requires the board's president to approve any adopted measures in writing for them to take effect. This matters because it creates a more formal and transparent process, ensuring that there is documented approval for actions taken by the board, thus enhancing accountability.

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*LRB09606638RLJ16722b* SB0588 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2010 SB0588 Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen.
SB0588 Engrossed LRB096 06638 RLJ 16722 b AN ACT concerning local government.
John J.
Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 5/1-1001 from Ch.
34, par.
1-1001 concerning the short title..
Makes a technical change in a Section LRB096 06638 RLJ 16722 b A BILL FOR SB0588 LRB096 06638 RLJ 16722 b AN ACT concerning local government.
The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 1-1001 as follows:
The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 2-6008 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/1-1001) (from Ch.
(55 ILCS 5/2-6008) (from Ch.
1-1001) Sec.
2-6008) Sec.
1-1001.
2-6008.
Short title.
Approval of ordinances.
This Act shall be known and and may be cited as the Counties Code.
All ordinances, resolutions or motions shall be submitted to said board of commissioners in writing, or reduced to writing before any vote shall be taken thereon;
and if adopted by the board, the same shall not take effect until after the same shall have been approved in writing by the president of said board, except as hereinafter provided.
It shall be the duty of the clerk of said board to deliver to the president thereof, upon his request, the original (or a copy) of each ordinance, resolution or motion, so passed or adopted by said board as aforesaid, within one day after its passage or adoption;
and in case the president approves thereof, he shall sign the same, and it shall thereupon be in full force and effect.
In case the president shall not approve any such ordinance, resolution or motion, he shall, within five days after the receipt of the same as aforesaid, return it to the clerk of said board, with his objections thereto in writing.
Such veto by the president SB0588 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 06638 RLJ 16722 b may extend to any one or more items or appropriations contained in any resolution making an appropriation, or to the entire resolution;
and in case the veto only extends to a part of such resolution making an appropriation, the residue thereof not embraced within the veto shall take effect and be in force from the time of the receipt by said clerk of such veto of such part.
Upon the return of any such ordinance, resolution or motion by the president, with his objections thereto as aforesaid, the vote by which the same was passed shall be reconsidered by the board of commissioners as to so much thereof as may have been vetoed;
and if, after such reconsideration, three-fifths four-fifths of all the members elected to the board shall agree to pass the same by yeas and nays, to be entered on the journal, the same shall take effect, notwithstanding the president may have refused to approve thereof.
In case the president shall fail or omit to either sign and approve or return, with his objections as aforesaid, any such ordinance, motion or resolution which shall have been passed or adopted by the board within six days after it shall have been so passed or adopted, the same shall take effect without the approval of the president.
This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
86-962.)
86-962.) Section 99.
Effective date.
This Act takes effect upon SB0588 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 06638 RLJ 16722 b becoming law.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  3. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 28, 2010

  4. Remains in Electric Generation & Commerce Committee

  5. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Electric Generation & Commerce Committee; by Voice Vote

  6. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Electric Generation & Commerce Committee

  7. Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

  8. Re-assigned to Electric Generation & Commerce Committee

  9. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond

  10. Assigned to Public Utilities Committee

  11. Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 7, 2010

  12. Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

  13. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Monique D. Davis

  14. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos

  15. Referred to Rules Committee

  16. First Reading

  17. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

  18. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  19. Arrived in House

  20. Third Reading - Passed; 053-001-002

  21. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  22. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Kotowski

  23. Recalled to Second Reading

  24. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans

  25. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner

  26. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon

  27. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon

  28. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 009-000-001

  29. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As December 31, 2009

  30. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive

  31. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  32. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski

  33. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading October 15, 2009

  34. Approved for Consideration Assignments

  35. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland

  36. Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski

  37. Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

  38. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 28, 2009

  39. Second Reading

  40. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 30, 2009

  41. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009

  42. Do Pass Executive; 012-000-000

  43. Assigned to Executive

  44. Referred to Assignments

  45. First Reading

  46. Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton

Sponsors

  • Dan Kotowski · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Dan Kotowski

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 53 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 47002
Democrat 5103
Republican 1000
Total 53105
% of votes cast 90%2%0%8%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Noland — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Link — Yea
Maloney — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Yea
Muñoz — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Trotter — Not Voting
Crotty — Not Voting
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Nay
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Not Voting
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Not Voting
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Not Voting
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 588 do?
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Who sponsors SB 588?
SB 588 is sponsored by Dan Kotowski.
What is the current status of SB 588?
This bill died with 96th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 588?
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