Illinois House Bill 4344 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that no later than 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the corporate authorities of a municipality with a population of fewer than 40,000 inhabitants in which aldermen or trustees are elected for 2-year terms shall adopt an ordinance providing that, at the first election of aldermen or trustees that occurs after July 1, 2018 (if the effective date of the amendatory Act is on or before July 1, 2018) or July 1, 2019 (if the effective date of the amendatory Act is after July 1, 2018), one alderman or trustee shall be elected from each even-numbered ward for a 2-year term and one alderman or trustee shall be elected from each odd-numbered ward for a 4-year term, after which their successors shall be elected for 4-year terms. Prohibits municipalities from reducing the length of the terms from 4 years to 2 years. Effective immediately.

STAGGERED TERMS FOR ALDERMEN

Rep. Thaddeus Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-05-01	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-05-01	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-19	House	Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 1, 2018
2018-04-19	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
2018-04-19	House	Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee
2018-04-13	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-11	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2018-04-11	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones
2018-03-21	House	Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee
2018-01-26	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2018-01-26	House	First Reading
2018-01-25	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	5	3.1-10-65	Amended Code	Citation Text
65	5	3.1-10-75	Amended Code	Citation Text
65	5	3.1-15-40	Amended Code	Citation Text
65	5	3.1-20-22	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4344&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB4344.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB4344ham001.htm