HB 5166104th
bill
104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill
HB 5166
DISSOLVE SPECIAL DISTRICTS ACT
Sent to Governor Last action June 26, 2026: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0513
Official bill page and text: ilga.gov
Sponsors 5
- Prime sponsors
- Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr., Meg Loughran Cappel
- Cosponsors (3)
- Chris Balkema, Laura Faver Dias, Suzanne M. Ness
Status
Sent to Governor as of June 26, 2026. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.
Referred to: House Counties and Townships, Senate Executive (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 5
May 21, 2026State SenateThird ReadingPassed52-3
yes (52) Simmons, Joyce, Faraci, Sims, Koehler, Feigenholtz, Aquino, Stadelman, Lewis, Fine, Arellano, L., Lightford, Fowler, Balkema, Loughran Cappel, Glowiak Hilton, Belt, Turner, D., Martwick, Guzmán, Bryant, Turner, S., Halpin, Ventura, Morrison, Harris, N., Cervantes, Villa, Murphy, Harriss, E., Chesney, Villanueva, Peters, Hastings, Collins, Villivalam, Plummer, Hills, Cunningham, Walker, Porfirio, Curran, Wilcox, Preston, Hunter, DeWitte, Harmon, Rezin, Johnson, Edly-Allen, Jones, E., Ellman
May 6, 2026State SenateDo PassPassed9-2
yes (9) Aquino, Omar, Castro, Cristina, Harmon, Don, Holmes, Linda, Harris III, Napoleon, Lightford, Kimberly A, Hunter, Mattie, Rezin, Sue, Murphy, Laura M
no (2) Anderson, Neil, Tracy, Jil
not voting (2) Cunningham, Bill, Curran, John F
April 16, 2026House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed105-0
yes (105) Mussman, Grasse, Ammons, Ness, Andrade, Niemerg, Guzzardi, Avelar, Olickal, Benton, Ortíz, Halbrook, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Hammond, Briel, Reick, Hanson, Buckner, Rita, Harper, Bunting, Hauter, Cabello, Hernandez, Barbara, Canty, Sanalitro, Hernandez, Lisa, Cassidy, Scherer, Hernandez, Norma, Chung, Schmidt, Hirschauer, Cochran, Schweizer, Hoffman, Coffey, Severin, Crawford, Sheehan, Jacobs, Crespo, Slaughter, Jiménez, Croke, Smith, Johnson, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Jones, Davis, Jed, Katz Muhl, Davis, Lisa, Stava, Keicher, Davis, Will, Deering, Stuart, Kifowit, DeLaRosa, Swanson, La Ha, Delgado, Syed, LaPointe, DeLuca, Tarver, Lilly, Deuter, Mah, Didech, Ugaste, Manley, Du Buclet, Mason, Elik, Walsh, Mayfield, Evans, Weaver, McCombie, Faver Dias, Weber, McLaughlin, West, Meier, Friess, Wilhour, Meyers-Martin, Fritts, Williams, Ann, Miller, Gabel, Williams, Jawaharial, Moeller, Windhorst, Moore, Gong-Gershowitz, Yang Rohr, Morgan, González, Welch, Morris, Gordon-Booth
excused (11) Haas, Rosenthal, Ryan, Huynh, Spain, Stephens, Kelly, Tipsword, Ford, Gill, Grant
not voting (2) Guerrero-Cuellar, Vella
April 16, 2026House of RepresentativesDo Pass, Amendment 3Passed11-0
yes (11) Bunting, Jason R, Briel, Amy, Didech, Daniel, Deering, Regan, Manley, Natalie A, Halbrook, Brad, Ness, Suzanne M, McLaughlin, Martin, Ortíz, Aarón M, Olickal, Kevin John, Walsh Jr., Lawrence "Larry"
March 26, 2026House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed7-4
yes (7) Briel, Amy, Didech, Daniel, Manley, Natalie A, Ness, Suzanne M, Ortíz, Aarón M, Olickal, Kevin John, Walsh Jr., Lawrence "Larry"
no (4) Bunting, Jason R, Deering, Regan, Halbrook, Brad, McLaughlin, Martin
Timeline 42
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2026 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0513 |
| June 26, 2026 | House | Effective Date June 26, 2026 |
| June 26, 2026 | House | Governor Approved |
| June 18, 2026 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| May 21, 2026 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema |
| May 21, 2026 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| May 21, 2026 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 052-003-000 |
| May 14, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026 |
| May 14, 2026 | Senate | Second Reading |
| May 6, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026 |
| May 6, 2026 | Senate | Do Pass Executive; 009-002-000 |
| April 28, 2026 | Senate | Assigned to Executive |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | First Reading |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| April 21, 2026 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| April 16, 2026 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias |
| April 16, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled |
| April 16, 2026 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 |
| April 16, 2026 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| April 16, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted |
| April 16, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Counties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000 |
| April 15, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee |
| April 15, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee |
| April 15, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. |
| April 14, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee |
| April 14, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| April 14, 2026 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. |
| April 10, 2026 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| April 10, 2026 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| March 26, 2026 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| March 26, 2026 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness |
| March 26, 2026 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-004-000 |
| March 26, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote |
| March 25, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee |
| March 24, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| March 24, 2026 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. |
| March 12, 2026 | House | Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee |
| February 10, 2026 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| February 10, 2026 | House | First Reading |
| February 5, 2026 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. |
Data: Open States (API v3; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: ilga.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.