---
type: "Bill"
title: "MORTGAGE CERT OF RELEASE ACT"
description: "MORTGAGE CERT OF RELEASE ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "HB 2207"
citation: "Illinois HB 2207 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 81
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2002-08-06T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b7ff46b-4685-4c55-989e-55fbc636e32a"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "695bd36715b80dcbbd26b01d4fe268943dd5716e533353a4af94e382035ba6dc"
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 2207 (92nd) — MORTGAGE CERT OF RELEASE ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hbgroups/hb/920HB2207LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BUGIELSKI — cosponsor (person)
- COWLISHAW — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR COWLISHAW
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE FIN INSTIT `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BLACK
- **2001-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 020-000-000 HFIN
- **2001-03-14T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BUGIELSKI
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2001-04-02T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BUGIELSKI
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HFIN
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BUGIELSKI
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HFIN/019-000-000
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BUGIELSKI
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 097-018-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-04-17
- **2001-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WALSH,T
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-001 SJUD
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-05-10
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-17
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-WALSH,T
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2001-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-05-18
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-05-18T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED NON-CONCUR 01,02/BUGIELSKI
- **2001-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **2001-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** HSE NON-CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02
- **2001-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - NON-CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **2001-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2001-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFUSE RECEDE - SEN AMEND NO 01,02/WALSH,T
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** SEN REFUSES TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENT NO 01,02
- **2001-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** SEN REQUESTS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST
- **2001-11-13T00:00:00-06:00** SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/WALSH,T,
- **2001-11-13T00:00:00-06:00** HAWKINSON, DILLARD
- **2001-11-13T00:00:00-06:00** CULLERTON, OBAMA
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** HSE ACCEDE REQUEST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/BUGIELSKI,
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** CURRIE, BURKE,
- **2002-02-21T00:00:00-06:00** TENHOUSE & MEYER
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/BUGIELSKI
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HFIN
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/WALSH,T
- **2002-04-10T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/BUGIELSKI
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HFIN/015-000-000
- **2002-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **2002-04-23T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/113-000-003
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/WALSH,T
- **2002-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **2002-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/WALSH,T
- **2002-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/055-000-000
- **2002-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** BOTH HOUSES ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST
- **2002-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2002-06-19T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2002-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-08-06
- **2002-08-06T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0765

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b7ff46b-4685-4c55-989e-55fbc636e32a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).