---
type: "Bill"
title: "ROTA-REGISTRATION RENEWAL"
description: "Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that certificates of registration that are issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2017 shall expire one year (currently, 5 years) after the issuance or last renewal of that certificate of registration. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 819"
citation: "Illinois HB 819 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61381528-9990-42cf-883e-ad26c8b658b4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=819&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=101277&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "ec21c37e0316c6512ed02158738a49baa5d6572803bf472218f5dcc51a498582"
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 819 (100th) — ROTA-REGISTRATION RENEWAL

Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that certificates of registration that are issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2017 shall expire one year (currently, 5 years) after the issuance or last renewal of that certificate of registration. 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=10000HB0819&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=101277&DocNum=819&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0819eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=101277&DocNum=819&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB0819enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=101277&DocNum=819&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-30** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski `filing`
- **2017-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** To Sales and Other Taxes Subcommittee
- **2017-03-16** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Remains in Revenue & Finance Committee
- **2017-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-29** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2017-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-29** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2017
- **2017-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0302 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61381528-9990-42cf-883e-ad26c8b658b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).