---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRADEMARK REGISTRATION ACT"
description: "TRADEMARK REGISTRATION ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 953"
citation: "Illinois SB 953 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-25T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a5aab13-f7a1-4038-b5a7-28fae5fbc61d"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "2f89a835cb4ea817de776787149dc92f68e064556c817f200f70cb06ce0af27d"
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 953 (90th) — TRADEMARK REGISTRATION ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0953** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0953LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BIGGERT — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- RUTHERFORD — 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 COMM & INDUST `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 006-000-000 SCED
- **1997-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-06
- **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
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SCED
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** BE ADOPTED SCED/009-000-000
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-20
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 053-002-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR RUTHERFORD
- **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 LABOR COMERCE `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BIGGERT
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO BIGGERT
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** JOINT-ALTERNATE-SPONSOR CHANGED TO RUTHERFORD
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 016-003-001 HLBC
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 105-011-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-07-25T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0231

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a5aab13-f7a1-4038-b5a7-28fae5fbc61d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).