---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURT CLERK-CIVIL CASE FEES"
description: "Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning instituting proceedings in the case of addicted minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 544"
citation: "Illinois SB 544 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2018-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f4164cb-f53a-435a-9be8-90d309800a7f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=544&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=100485&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "bbb8f44ef4338e2265c49b905b6def82c42aaea94de8fff0140bd487411042f6"
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 544 (100th) — COURT CLERK-CIVIL CASE FEES

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning instituting proceedings in the case of addicted minors.

## 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=10000SB0544&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=100485&DocNum=544&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB0544eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=100485&DocNum=544&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB0544enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=100485&DocNum=544&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **52–1** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **64–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John G. Mulroe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2017-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Do Pass Executive; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 28, 2017
- **2017-03-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 29, 2017
- **2017-04-25** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2018-04-23** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2018
- **2018-04-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2018-04-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2018-04-26** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Mulroe `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
- **2018-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-07** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** To Commercial Law Subcommittee
- **2018-05-16** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-16** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2018-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Steven A. Andersson `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-23** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 064-039-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-25** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2018-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 28, 2018
- **2018-05-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John G. Mulroe `filing`
- **2018-05-25** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 012-000-000
- **2018-05-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 052-001-000
- **2018-05-30** Senate Concurs
- **2018-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-20** Effective Date July 1, 2019
- **2018-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0994 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f4164cb-f53a-435a-9be8-90d309800a7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).