HB 2754 Illinois House · 104th Regular Session

MUNI CD-ZONING-VOTING

Summary

Amends the Zoning Division of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that all municipal executives, including mayors, village presidents, and chief executive officers, shall have the right to vote in all council or board decisions affecting the zoning of the municipality. In certain provisions concerning voting on zoning regulations, provides that adopting or changing a zoning ordinance requires the approval of a simple majority (rather than a two thirds majority) of the municipal executives, alderpersons, trustees, or board members.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Apr 8, 2025 Last action Apr 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 7, 2025

MINOR

The bill was updated from its original introduction to an engrossed version, incorporating new provisions regarding public notice requirements for zoning amendments. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a specific rule stating that if a written protest is filed by owners representing 20% of the affected frontage, the zoning amendment can only pass with a favorable simple majority vote of two-thirds of the municipal executives, alderpersons, or trustees. This adds a higher threshold for approval in contested cases. The text also includes minor formatting adjustments to spacing and page headers.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Illinois Municipal Code and the voting rights of municipal executives regarding zoning decisions, but the engrossed version adds specific procedural requirements for handling protests against zoning changes.

REQUIREMENT

New provisions require that if a written protest is filed by owners representing 20% of the affected frontage, a zoning amendment requires a favorable simple majority vote of two-thirds of the municipal executives, alderpersons, or trustees to pass.

Added detailed instructions for publishing notices in newspapers or posting them in prominent places for municipalities with less than 500 population where no newspaper is available.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes were made to spacing within sentences and updates to the page header text from 'HB2754' to 'HB2754 Engrossed'.

Floor votes · House Apr 7, 2025

How they voted

68–37

Passed · 13 other

Total votes 118

Apr 7, 2025

D Democratic78

68 Yea 10

87% Yea

R Republican40

37 Nay 3

92% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Referred to Assignments

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Introduced

Arrive in Senate

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 068-037-000

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 010-000-000

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules Committee

lower

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors