---
type: "Bill"
title: "DFPR-SPANISH WEBSITE-PRED LEND"
description: "Amends the Financial Institutions Code. Provides that the Department shall create a version of its website that is in Spanish for pages that contain information about predatory lending."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5044"
citation: "Illinois HB 5044 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-22"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1274b6e6-3543-4b44-add5-91e74b69c493"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5044&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49622&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "b80d36200523839b677b5a06485b7635a81b327ff202ce600c861b76bced196f"
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 5044 (96th) — DFPR-SPANISH WEBSITE-PRED LEND

Amends the Financial Institutions Code. Provides that the Department shall create a version of its website that is in Spanish for pages that contain information about predatory lending.

## 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=09600HB5044&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49622&DocNum=5044&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5044eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49622&DocNum=5044&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5044enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49622&DocNum=5044&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Soto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `filing`
- **2010-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Financial Institutions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Financial Institutions Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-03-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-18** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-18** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-03-22** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- **2010-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2010-03-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2010-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2010-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2010-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Postponed - Financial Institutions
- **2010-04-16** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2010-04-22** Do Pass Financial Institutions; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-22** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1166 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1274b6e6-3543-4b44-add5-91e74b69c493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).