---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURT CLERK FEE ANTI-CRIME PGM"
description: "Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Adds an additional exception to the requirement that fees, fines, costs, and additional penalties paid by a person to the circuit clerk have to be disbursed to other governmental entities within 60 days after receipt: contributions to a local anti-crime program ordered pursuant to the Unified Code of Corrections. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 3950"
citation: "Illinois HB 3950 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1f157f5-22ff-48ec-b069-d776c2cf0f7a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3950&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46784&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "ae3f5f3da919cb310a7cc0a35da061788e9b0c78c99a75af2a792bd8d93a0aa9"
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 3950 (96th) — COURT CLERK FEE ANTI-CRIME PGM

Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Adds an additional exception to the requirement that fees, fines, costs, and additional penalties paid by a person to the circuit clerk have to be disbursed to other governmental entities within 60 days after receipt: contributions to a local anti-crime program ordered pursuant to the Unified Code of Corrections. Effective immediately.

## 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=09600HB3950&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46784&DocNum=3950&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3950eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46784&DocNum=3950&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB3950enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=46784&DocNum=3950&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linda Chapa LaVia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia `filing`
- **2009-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-03** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2009-03-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-23** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 `reading-1`
- **2009-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2009-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2009-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2009-04-15** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2009-04-22** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2009-04-29** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2009-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-04-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2009-05-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- **2009-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2009-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 110-000-000
- **2009-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2009
- **2009-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0578 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1f157f5-22ff-48ec-b069-d776c2cf0f7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).