Illinois · Senate Bill 231 · 104th General Assembly

SANITARY DIST-CONTRACTS

SB 231 Sponsored by Cristina Castro In committee

  1. Introduced Jan 22, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 22, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate Next
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Increases the mandatory competitive bid threshold to not less than $60,000 (currently, not less than $10,000 or more than $40,000). Allows a sanitary district to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with a unit of local government for non-emergency construction, alteration, repair, improvement, or maintenance work on the public way in an amount no greater than $150,000…

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Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Increases the mandatory competitive bid threshold to not less than $60,000 (currently, not less than $10,000 or more than $40,000). Allows a sanitary district to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with a unit of local government for non-emergency construction, alteration, repair, improvement, or maintenance work on the public way in an amount no greater than $150,000 (currently, $100,000) to save taxpayer funds and eliminate duplication of government effort. Makes conforming changes. Allows contracts to be entered into without competitive bidding for contracts less than $150,000 (currently, $40,000 to $100,000) if the board of trustees declares that an emergency exists affecting the public health or safety. Effective immediately.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro
  2. SenateFirst Reading
  3. CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
  4. CommitteeAssigned to Executive · Senate Executive
  5. SenateTo Procurement
  6. SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
  7. CommitteeRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.