ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE WAIVER
Summary
Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Capital Development Board shall each accept the use of electronic signatures in transactions between those State agencies and other persons or entities, unless all parties to the transaction waive the right to use electronic signatures. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 175/25-101 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides an exception to the use of electronic signatures for transactions involving technical submissions. Defines "technical submissions". Makes conforming changes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
Aug 2021
Introduced Apr 23, 2021
Signed Aug 23, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2021 · House May 26, 2021
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 46
Apr 22, 2021
D
Democratic29
100% Yea
R
Republican17
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Amendments
4
Aug 23, 2021
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 112-000-000
lower
May 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Consent Calendar Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 013-000-000
lower
May 4, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee
lower
Apr 23, 2021
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 23, 2021
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
upper
Apr 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Villivalam
upper
Apr 21, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt State Government; 009-000-000
upper
Apr 21, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to State Government
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Do Pass State Government; 008-000-000
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Committee
Assigned to State Government
upper
Feb 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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