---
type: "Bill"
title: "NOTARIES PUBLIC-BORDER STATES"
description: "NOTARIES PUBLIC-BORDER STATES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 1297"
citation: "Illinois SB 1297 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2000-01-12T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-06-13T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/806943f4-172e-426c-87d8-6cdd5cc69120"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "d58d1bcd6f49c6234439b28ccc84f5e3cae8c3418f862da8c4ed4c5d77772e0a"
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 1297 (91st) — NOTARIES PUBLIC-BORDER STATES

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB1297LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- BRUNSVOLD — cosponsor (person)
- CLAYBORNE — cosponsor (person)
- DAVIS,STEVE — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- MCGUIRE — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,N — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-01-12T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-01-12T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-12T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ST GOVERN OPR `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-STATE GOVERN S
- **2000-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 007-000-000 SGOA
- **2000-02-10T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-02-15
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-02-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-02-16
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,N
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CLAYBORNE
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR HAWKINSON
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2000-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2000-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR MCGUIRE
- **2000-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BRUNSVOLD
- **2000-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-03-15T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE CONST OFFICER `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 010-000-000 HCOF
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DAVIS,STEVE
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-06-13
- **2000-06-13T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0818

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/806943f4-172e-426c-87d8-6cdd5cc69120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).