---
type: "Bill"
title: "DEED NOTARIZE ALL SIGNATURES"
description: "Amends the Conveyances Act. Provides that the signatures of all persons conveying an interest in real property shall be notarized on the instrument of conveyance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 4760"
citation: "Illinois HB 4760 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-18"
last_action: "2006-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6715f92a-6a36-4550-877c-5365abe75729"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4760&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=23314&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "e38f869d09a89911ea69654257e50aeb85f9a62df5ede21c352f995248b1524e"
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 4760 (94th) — DEED NOTARIZE ALL SIGNATURES

Amends the Conveyances Act. Provides that the signatures of all persons conveying an interest in real property shall be notarized on the instrument of conveyance.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4760&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23314&DocNum=4760&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4760eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23314&DocNum=4760&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4760enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=23314&DocNum=4760&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathleen A. Ryg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg `filing`
- **2006-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2006-01-24** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2006-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2006-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2006-02-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2006-02-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-02-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2006-02-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2006-02-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 22, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-02-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2006-02-22** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
- **2006-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William E. Peterson
- **2006-03-01** Assigned to Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-16** Do Pass Financial Institutions; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 22, 2006
- **2006-03-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2006-03-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2006
- **2006-03-28** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-01** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-06-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0821 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6715f92a-6a36-4550-877c-5365abe75729`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).