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Summary
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that parties, their attorneys, or their other agents appointed to receive service of process must receive notice of a contested hearing and final decision or order. Deletes a requirement that a party and attorney of record must request a copy of the final decision and order. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that service to a party of a decision in a final administrative review must be served as provided in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act instead of by the United States Postal Service. Provides that the decision must also be sent to the party's attorney or agent. Effective immediately.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Apr 17, 2026
Signed Jul 24, 2026
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The changes between the Engrossed and Enrolled versions of SB 2870 are purely technical and formatting-related. The document header was updated to reflect the bill's final status as 'Enrolled' rather than 'Engrossed', and page footers were adjusted to match this new status. No substantive policy, legal requirements, or text within the body of the bill was altered.
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Updated document headers and page footers to change the bill status from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled'.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2026 · House May 21, 2026
How they voted
56–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 58
Apr 16, 2026
D
Democratic39
94% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
6
Jul 24, 2026
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 018-000-000
lower
Apr 27, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Apr 17, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
upper
Apr 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Halpin
upper
Apr 15, 2026
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
upper
Apr 14, 2026
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Halpin
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael W. Halpin
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jen Gong-Gershowitz
DDemocratic
P
Mike Halpin
DDemocratic
Co
Erica Harriss
RRepublican
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