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+type: "Bill"
+title: "SOS-CORPORATIONS-RECORDER"
+description: "Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983 and the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Eliminates requirements for filing copies of certain documents in the office of the county recorder, including articles of amendment reflecting an election to become a close corporation, an application for an assumed corporate name, a change of registered office or registered agent, articles of merger of a domestic corporation and a limited liability company, a certificate of administrative dissolution of a corporation, a court order of dissolution, and a certificate of revocation of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this State. Eliminates, as a ground for revocation of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this State, the corporation's failure to file for record an appointment of registered agent."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "SB 3211"
+citation: "Illinois SB 3211 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2010-02-09"
+last_action: "2010-07-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e11091a-a8d6-4765-96b1-96b6ebd86332"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3211&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=50969&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "8dcb02aa50652474850cd1d92746ca4dc32eb416222bf4932fa8da73dd4c84d3"
+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 3211 (96th) — SOS-CORPORATIONS-RECORDER
+
+Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983 and the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Eliminates requirements for filing copies of certain documents in the office of the county recorder, including articles of amendment reflecting an election to become a close corporation, an application for an assumed corporate name, a change of registered office or registered agent, articles of merger of a domestic corporation and a limited liability company, a certificate of administrative dissolution of a corporation, a court order of dissolution, and a certificate of revocation of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this State. Eliminates, as a ground for revocation of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this State, the corporation's failure to file for record an appointment of registered agent.
+
+## 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=09600SB3211&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=50969&DocNum=3211&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3211eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=50969&DocNum=3211&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3211enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=50969&DocNum=3211&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2010-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg `filing`
+- **2010-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2010-03-03** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
+- **2010-03-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2010-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2010
+- **2010-03-17** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2010-03-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2010-03-18** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2010-03-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2010-04-08** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-001-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2010-04-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
+- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2010-04-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2010-04-22** Passed Both Houses
+- **2010-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2010-07-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2010-07-20** Effective Date January 1, 2011
+- **2010-07-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1121 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e11091a-a8d6-4765-96b1-96b6ebd86332`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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