---
type: "Bill"
title: "INTEREST-DEBT-COLLECTN AGENCY"
description: "INTEREST-DEBT-COLLECTN AGENCY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 794"
citation: "Illinois SB 794 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a863f90-98eb-4931-954b-4df72be16b7e"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "aae050d5ad7bc926d3e04dcea8ceccfcb1a2e8b991edff10681d87aa4bef84c9"
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 794 (90th) — INTEREST-DEBT-COLLECTN AGENCY

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0794LV.html)

## Sponsors

- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- O'MALLEY — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE FIN INST `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-FINANC. INST. S
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SFIC
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-11
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-12
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-002 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR SAVIANO
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LANG
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** RE-ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE REG & REG
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-REGIS REGULAT H
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 025-000-000 HREG
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 091-025-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SFIC
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SFIC/009-000-000
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01/O'MALLEY
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/057-000-001
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-18T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-08-15T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0417

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a863f90-98eb-4931-954b-4df72be16b7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).