---
type: "Bill"
title: "CORP NAMES-FICTITIOUS ADDRESS"
description: "CORP NAMES-FICTITIOUS ADDRESS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 2991"
citation: "Illinois HB 2991 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-12-02T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-07-07T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95f8dfc3-dcee-42e1-a80f-f756c245b8d8"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "a4aedbd92a331f9b013fe60de293b95d05b9f177ade6a024f5dd67555f8745af"
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 2991 (91st) — CORP NAMES-FICTITIOUS ADDRESS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2991** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB2991LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CROSS — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- KOSEL — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- WINKEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-12-02T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1999-12-02T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINKEL
- **1999-12-02T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-12-02T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-08T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HJUA
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-MEYER
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KOSEL
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MEYER
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MEYER
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO HJUA
- **2000-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MEYER
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HJUA/007-000-000
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-MEYER
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a) HA #01
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 00-03-07
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR DILLARD
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-EXECUTIVE S
- **2000-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 012-000-000 SEXC
- **2000-03-31T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-04-04
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-04-06
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2000-04-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED NON-CONCUR #1/01/MEYER
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR #2/01/MEYER
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR #2/01/MEYER
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL/005-000-000
- **2000-04-12T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROSS
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/116-000-000
- **2000-04-13T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-07-07T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-07T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-01-01
- **2000-07-07T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0906

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95f8dfc3-dcee-42e1-a80f-f756c245b8d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).