---
type: "Bill"
title: "MECHANICS LIEN-COMPLETION TIME"
description: "Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that the changes made by Public Act 97-966, to provisions governing the circumstances in which it is not necessary to fix by contract a time for the completion or a time for payment in order to obtain a lien under the Act, are operative from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2026 (rather than December 31, 2021). Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 2494"
citation: "Illinois SB 2494 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Natalie A. Manley", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e71b8111-52f8-4a3c-99fc-d3a66f9afbb5"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2494&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=135148&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "3b9e0aae0ab23c5b66c94fb0a11b4e3173af7bb996da4d3c64c485f36dc83163"
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 2494 (102nd) — MECHANICS LIEN-COMPLETION TIME

Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that the changes made by Public Act 97-966, to provisions governing the circumstances in which it is not necessary to fix by contract a time for the completion or a time for payment in order to obtain a lien under the Act, are operative from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2026 (rather than December 31, 2021). Effective immediately.

## 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/SB/PDF/10200SB2494.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2494eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2494sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB2494enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Natalie A. Manley — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `filing`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2021
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2021
- **2021-04-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2021-04-23** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 30, 2021 `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 006-000-000
- **2021-04-29** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Villivalam `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2021-05-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 116-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2021
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0563 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e71b8111-52f8-4a3c-99fc-d3a66f9afbb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).