---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TAX-TRANSFER STAMPS"
description: "Amends the Real Estate Transfer Tax Law in the Property Tax Code. Requires the Department of Revenue to establish a system to allow a recorder or registrar of titles of a county to purchase the revenue stamps electronically from the Department and to deliver the electronically purchased stamps to the recorder or registrar of titles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2241"
citation: "Illinois SB 2241 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-11"
last_action: "2006-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/519cc515-17cd-4a2b-813a-eacc7caec2c6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2241&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=22773&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "c04a9eacff4c172bf208f77010213ba6edf9fb1c5990de319e82c595637c36ce"
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 2241 (94th) — PROP TAX-TRANSFER STAMPS

Amends the Real Estate Transfer Tax Law in the Property Tax Code. Requires the Department of Revenue to establish a system to allow a recorder or registrar of titles of a county to purchase the revenue stamps electronically from the Department and to deliver the electronically purchased stamps to the recorder or registrar of titles.

## 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=09400SB2241&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22773&DocNum=2241&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2241eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22773&DocNum=2241&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2241enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22773&DocNum=2241&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Biggins — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen A. Ryg — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)
- Michael K. Smith — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `filing`
- **2006-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-01** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2006-02-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-09** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2006-02-15** Do Pass Revenue; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 22, 2006
- **2006-02-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
- **2006-02-24** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-24** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2006-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-02** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2006-03-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2006-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2006-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2006-03-16** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2006-03-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-28** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2006-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-05-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-05-19** Effective Date January 1, 2007
- **2006-05-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0785 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/519cc515-17cd-4a2b-813a-eacc7caec2c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).