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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PROP TX-REFUSE CHECKS"
+description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a county collector may refuse to accept a personal or corporate check (instead of a personal check only) within 45 days (instead of 30 days) before a tax sale or at any time if a previous payment by the same payer was returned by a bank for any reason. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "HB 6125"
+citation: "Illinois HB 6125 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2010-02-11"
+last_action: "2010-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ff8b7b1-188b-4eef-a905-31f84e5fbd86"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6125&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=52105&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "7da3996c3805f3d3b58ad0cdee4302108d42c4fa1ba4ddf2b2eb8fb3b7bfe591"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 6125 (96th) — PROP TX-REFUSE CHECKS
+
+Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a county collector may refuse to accept a personal or corporate check (instead of a personal check only) within 45 days (instead of 30 days) before a tax sale or at any time if a previous payment by the same payer was returned by a bank for any reason. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6125&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52105&DocNum=6125&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6125eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52105&DocNum=6125&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6125enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52105&DocNum=6125&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **87–6** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jack McGuire — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2010-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack McGuire `filing`
+- **2010-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2010-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2010-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2010-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
+- **2010-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2010-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2010-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2010 `reading-1`
+- **2010-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
+- **2010-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2010-04-15** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
+- **2010-04-21** Do Pass Revenue; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2010
+- **2010-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
+- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
+- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2010-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2010-07-23** Effective Date July 23, 2010
+- **2010-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1250 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ff8b7b1-188b-4eef-a905-31f84e5fbd86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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