The legislation was introduced in bill SB1536 on Feb. 15, when Sen. Terry Link (D-30) filed it with the Senate clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Illinois Municipal Code".
The Senate passed the bill on April 11 and it arrived in the House on April 12, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 23. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 19. The law went into effect immediately.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on SB1536.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2019 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link |
| 2/15/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2/15/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 3/12/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Executive |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Executive; 013-005-000 |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2019 |
| 3/27/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 3/27/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2019 |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Verified |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Consideration Postponed |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 031-019-000 |
| 4/12/2019 | House | Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 4/12/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 4/12/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/12/2019 | House | Arrived in House |
| 5/1/2019 | House | Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee |
| 5/7/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 012-002-000 |
| 5/8/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-016-001 |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Passed Both Houses |
| 6/21/2019 | Senate | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/19/2019 | Senate | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0114 |
| 7/19/2019 | Senate | Effective Date July 19, 2019 |
| 7/19/2019 | Senate | Governor Approved |
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