HB 42104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill
HB 42
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Sent to Governor Last action August 1, 2025: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0036
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 5
- Prime sponsors
- Laura Ellman, Terra Costa Howard
- Cosponsors (3)
- Anne Stava, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Martha Deuter
Status
Sent to Governor as of August 1, 2025. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Counties and Townships, Senate Local Government (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 4
May 21, 2025State SenateThird ReadingPassed58-0
yes (58) Simmons, Joyce, Faraci, Anderson, Sims, Koehler, Feigenholtz, Aquino, Stadelman, Lewis, Fine, Arellano, L., Syverson, Lightford, Fowler, Balkema, Tracy, Glowiak Hilton, Belt, Turner, D., Martwick, Guzmán, Bryant, Turner, S., McClure, Halpin, Castro, Ventura, Morrison, Harris, N., Cervantes, Villa, Murphy, Harriss, E., Chesney, Villanueva, Peters, Hastings, Collins, Villivalam, Plummer, Hills, Cunningham, Walker, Porfirio, Holmes, Curran, Wilcox, Preston, Hunter, DeWitte, Harmon, Rezin, Johnson, Edly-Allen, Rose, Jones, E., Ellman
not voting (1) Loughran Cappel
April 30, 2025State SenateDo PassPassed9-0
yes (9) Faraci, Paul, Arellano Jr., Li, Harriss, Erica, Harris III, Napoleon, Johnson, Adriane, Holmes, Linda, Jones III, Emil, Ventura, Rachel, Turner, Sally J
not voting (2) Murphy, Laura M, Wilcox, Craig
April 7, 2025House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed94-11
yes (94) Mussman, Guerrero-Cuellar, Ness, Guzzardi, Andrade, Avelar, Olickal, Ortíz, Aarón, Hammond, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Briel, Reick, Harper, Buckner, Rita, Bunting, Rosenthal, Hernandez, Barbara, Ryan, Hernandez, Lisa, Canty, Sanalitro, Hernandez, Norma, Cassidy, Hirschauer, Chung, Schmidt, Coffey, Schweizer, Huynh, Costa Howard, Crawford, Sheehan, Crespo, Slaughter, Johnson, Croke, Smith, Jones, Davidsmeyer, Katz Muhl, Spain, Keicher, Davis, Lisa, Stava-Murray, Davis, Will, Stephens, Deering, Stuart, La Ha, Delgado, Swanson, LaPointe, DeLuca, Syed, Deuter, Tarver, Mah, Didech, Tipsword, Manley, Du Buclet, Ugaste, Mason, Elik, Vella, Evans, Walsh, McCombie, Faver Dias, McLaughlin, Ford, Meier, West, Meyers-Martin, Fritts, Gabel, Williams, Ann, Moeller, Gill, Williams, Jawaharial, Moore, Gong-Gershowitz, Windhorst, Morgan, González, Edgar, Yang Rohr, Morris, Gordon-Booth, Welch, Moylan, Grant, Grasse
no (11) Niemerg, Halbrook, Hauter, Cabello, Severin, Jacobs, Davis, Jed, Weber, Friess, Wilhour, Miller
excused (12) Ammons, Haas, Benton, Hanson, Scherer, Hoffman, Jiménez, Kelly, Kifowit, Lilly, Mayfield, Weaver
not voting (1) Sosnowski
February 27, 2025House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed10-0
yes (10) Bunting, Jason R, Briel, Amy, Halbrook, Brad, Deering, Regan, Manley, Natalie A, Hoffman, Jay, Ness, Suzanne M, Ortíz, Aarón M, Olickal, Kevin John, Walsh Jr., Lawrence "Larry"
not voting (1) McLaughlin, Martin
Timeline 28
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2025 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0036 |
| August 1, 2025 | House | Effective Date August 1, 2025 |
| August 1, 2025 | House | Governor Approved |
| June 17, 2025 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| May 21, 2025 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| May 21, 2025 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 |
| May 7, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025 |
| May 7, 2025 | Senate | Second Reading |
| May 1, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2025 |
| May 1, 2025 | Senate | Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 |
| April 23, 2025 | Senate | Assigned to Local Government |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | First Reading |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| April 8, 2025 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| April 7, 2025 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 094-011-000 |
| April 7, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter |
| April 7, 2025 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava |
| March 18, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| March 18, 2025 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| February 27, 2025 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| February 27, 2025 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 010-000-000 |
| February 7, 2025 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock |
| February 4, 2025 | House | Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee |
| January 9, 2025 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| January 9, 2025 | House | First Reading |
| December 9, 2024 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.