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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SOS-BUSINESS ENTITIES-AGENT"
+description: "Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, and the Limited Liability Company Act. Provides that the registered agent of a business or not-for-profit corporation may be a limited liability company, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership. Provides that the notice of a business or not-for-profit corporation's registered agent must be executed in the manner authorized by the governing statute if the registered agent is a business entity (instead of must be executed by a principal officer if the registered agent is a corporation). Provides that a limited liability company's registered agent may be a person authorized to transact business in this State (instead of a domestic or foreign corporation). Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "SB 2807"
+citation: "Illinois SB 2807 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2010-01-28"
+last_action: "2010-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f82497e2-f108-4646-9894-ec71c8276215"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2807&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49837&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "dc7d87be494bc40553885b1726e9348d0de2a6206342af50b2c3ab28588cf9b6"
+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 SB 2807 (96th) — SOS-BUSINESS ENTITIES-AGENT
+
+Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, and the Limited Liability Company Act. Provides that the registered agent of a business or not-for-profit corporation may be a limited liability company, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership. Provides that the notice of a business or not-for-profit corporation's registered agent must be executed in the manner authorized by the governing statute if the registered agent is a business entity (instead of must be executed by a principal officer if the registered agent is a corporation). Provides that a limited liability company's registered agent may be a person authorized to transact business in this State (instead of a domestic or foreign corporation). Makes other changes. 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=09600SB2807&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49837&DocNum=2807&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2807eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49837&DocNum=2807&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2807enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49837&DocNum=2807&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+- Concurrence — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- William R. Haine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2010-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
+- **2010-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2010-02-10** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2010-02-17** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2010-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
+- **2010-02-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2010-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
+- **2010-03-10** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2010-03-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2010-03-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
+- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-03-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2010-04-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2010-04-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2010-04-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2010-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2010-04-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
+- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - April 23, 2010
+- **2010-04-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
+- **2010-04-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2010-05-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2010-05-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
+- **2010-05-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 053-000-000
+- **2010-05-04** Passed Both Houses
+- **2010-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2010-07-02** Effective Date July 2, 2010
+- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0988 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f82497e2-f108-4646-9894-ec71c8276215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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