---
type: "Bill"
title: "SHERIFF-PROCESS SERVICE FEES"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a sheriff in a county of the third class may receive a fee of $60 for serving or attempting to serve any summons filed in person on a defendant and $40 for serving or attempting to serve any summons filed electronically on a defendant (rather than $35 for serving or attempting to serve any summons on a defendant). Provides that a sheriff in a county of the third class may receive a fee of $60 for serving or attempting to serve all other process, filed in person on a defendant and $40 for serving or attempting to serve all other process filed electronically on a defendant (rather than $35 for serving or attempting to serve all other process on each defendant). Provides that a sheriff in a county of the third class may receive a fee of $25 for returning each process initially filed in person and $15 for returning each process initially filed electronically (rather than $15 for returning each process)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "SB 1348"
citation: "Illinois SB 1348 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann M. Williams", "Bill Cunningham"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12b9b968-f360-435f-8be7-5a6b3a86aafa"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1348&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=159338&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "6e37755d824efc7d97b263d99a044b28970c00d08b396a414d920e05aded5109"
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 1348 (104th) — SHERIFF-PROCESS SERVICE FEES

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a sheriff in a county of the third class may receive a fee of $60 for serving or attempting to serve any summons filed in person on a defendant and $40 for serving or attempting to serve any summons filed electronically on a defendant (rather than $35 for serving or attempting to serve any summons on a defendant). Provides that a sheriff in a county of the third class may receive a fee of $60 for serving or attempting to serve all other process, filed in person on a defendant and $40 for serving or attempting to serve all other process filed electronically on a defendant (rather than $35 for serving or attempting to serve all other process on each defendant). Provides that a sheriff in a county of the third class may receive a fee of $25 for returning each process initially filed in person and $15 for returning each process initially filed electronically (rather than $15 for returning each process).

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1348.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1348eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1348sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB1348enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **71–37** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–12** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ann M. Williams — primary (person)
- Bill Cunningham — primary (person)
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Nicolle Grasse — cosponsor (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Mah — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `filing`
- **2025-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-04** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2025-02-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-27** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 006-001-000
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2025-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2025
- **2025-04-04** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 11, 2025
- **2025-04-09** Third Reading - Passed; 042-012-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-04-17** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-006-000
- **2025-04-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2025-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2025-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2025-05-09** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
- **2025-05-15** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly
- **2025-05-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-037-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0096 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12b9b968-f360-435f-8be7-5a6b3a86aafa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).