LIMITS-DEBT COLLECT-ST AGENCY
Summary
Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Provides that except in the case of fraud, if a State agency fails to provide a debtor with written notice and a demand for payment of any debt, accounts, or claims owed to the State agency with 5 years of when the State agency's right to collect the debt first accrued, then the State agency is barred from attempting to collect such debt, accounts, or claims owed to it by the debtor. Amends the Personal Actions Part of the Limitations Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that except in the case of fraud or where facts material to the State agency's right to collect the debt were not known nor could reasonably have been known by the State agency's official charged with the responsibility to discover and collect the debt, an action by a State agency may not be conducted more than 5 years after the State agency's right to collect the debt first accrued.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Aug 2023
Introduced Mar 23, 2023
Signed Aug 4, 2023
Floor votes · House May 18, 2023
How they voted
113–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 117
May 18, 2023
D
Democratic77
96% Yea
R
Republican40
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
62
Key actions
16
Committee
21
Amendments
12
Aug 4, 2023
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 054-001-000
lower
May 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government; 009-000-000
lower
May 19, 2023
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government
lower
May 18, 2023
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
lower
May 18, 2023
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 19, 2023
lower
May 18, 2023
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
lower
May 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000
lower
May 17, 2023
Amended
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000
lower
May 17, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
May 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
May 16, 2023
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 16, 2023
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
lower
May 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary - Civil Committee; Rep. Kam Buckner
lower
May 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
May 16, 2023
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
May 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 19, 2023
lower
Apr 28, 2023
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
lower
Apr 11, 2023
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Belt
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-001-000
lower
Mar 21, 2023
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
lower
Mar 9, 2023
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
lower
Mar 9, 2023
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt
lower
Mar 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 006-001-000
lower
Mar 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Judiciary
lower
Mar 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt
lower
Feb 14, 2023
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2023
Committee
Referred to Assignments
lower
2 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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