---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURTS-TECH"
description: "Amends the Supreme Court Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of the Court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 1068"
citation: "Illinois HB 1068 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elgie R. Sims, Jr.", "Natalie A. Manley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/889ed12a-e98d-4460-9f7d-87546f46fce0"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1068&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129737&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "97f539354a7d6581b82a6f87be422cffcc8311be2f05abedfc9e617f5cdf41f7"
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 1068 (102nd) — COURTS-TECH

Amends the Supreme Court Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of the Court.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1068.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1068eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1068ham001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB1068enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
- Natalie A. Manley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch `filing`
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-03-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Natalie A. Manley `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Adoption & Child Welfare Committee
- **2021-03-23** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2021-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Adoption & Child Welfare Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2021-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2021
- **2021-04-28** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-30** Effective Date July 30, 2021
- **2021-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0193 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/889ed12a-e98d-4460-9f7d-87546f46fce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).