---
type: "Bill"
title: "INT'L COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION"
description: "INT'L COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 2369"
citation: "Illinois HB 2369 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-10-22T00:00:00-05:00"
last_action: "1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0398ffc-366a-4e87-9ca3-dd33738b72da"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "e21669da291d6d9dacb0bf5c35bb2264c8363b1c1ddceb7f730da5f2f04fd0aa"
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 2369 (90th) — INT'L COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB2369LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BIGGERT — cosponsor (person)
- COULSON — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- KOSEL — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RUTHERFORD — cosponsor (person)
- SCHOENBERG — cosponsor (person)
- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- WOOD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-10-22T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1997-10-22T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BIGGERT
- **1997-10-28T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-10-28T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-11-13T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1998-01-02T00:00:00-06:00** RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(B) RULES HRUL
- **1998-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCOTT
- **1998-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCULLY
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KOSEL
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WOOD
- **1998-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CIVIL LAW H
- **1998-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **1998-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1998-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1998-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHOENBERG
- **1998-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RUTHERFORD
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR PARKER
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** SPONSOR REMOVED PARKER
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ALTERNATE CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO HAWKINSON
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SJUD
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-04-23
- **1998-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-04-29
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-07-24
- **1998-07-24T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0631

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0398ffc-366a-4e87-9ca3-dd33738b72da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).