---
type: "Bill"
title: "NOTARY PUBLIC-TRAINING EXEMPT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Provides that an applicant to renew an appointment as a notary public or as an electronic notary public is not required to complete a course of study or pass an examination if the applicant is a licensed attorney or judge or employed by a licensed attorney or the court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 3513"
citation: "Illinois SB 3513 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapin Rose", "David Friess"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1550df7-71a4-42a4-8680-7f0883a6d201"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3513&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=153213&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "4cd47455f665b9679154709b941af4fbc9b65c541bdc74b77081eed5a4598fcd"
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 3513 (103rd) — NOTARY PUBLIC-TRAINING EXEMPT

Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Provides that an applicant to renew an appointment as a notary public or as an electronic notary public is not required to complete a course of study or pass an examination if the applicant is a licensed attorney or judge or employed by a licensed attorney or the court.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3513.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3513eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3513sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB3513enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chapin Rose — primary (person)
- David Friess — primary (person)
- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Win Stoller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `filing`
- **2024-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-02-20** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chapin Rose `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2024-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2024-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000
- **2024-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024
- **2024-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Win Stoller
- **2024-04-09** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2024-04-11** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
- **2024-04-12** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2024-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Chris Miller
- **2024-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. David Friess
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 015-000-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-05-17** Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
- **2024-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-08-09** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1009 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1550df7-71a4-42a4-8680-7f0883a6d201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).