---
type: "Bill"
title: "INCOME WITHHLDG-PROCESS SERVER"
description: "Amends the Income Withholding for Support Act. Provides that a finding of a payor's nonperformance within the time required under the Act must be documented by a certified mail return receipt or a sheriff's or private process server's proof of service (instead of by a certified mail return receipt) showing the date the income withholding notice was served on the payor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 100"
citation: "Illinois SB 100 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-30"
last_action: "2009-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9c733cf-d72a-47fd-9665-f086273138a7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=100&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40430&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "d8192d247ec81dae1fd56e03e411f69ef1566f2b3dd57006025b82e020f3436e"
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 100 (96th) — INCOME WITHHLDG-PROCESS SERVER

Amends the Income Withholding for Support Act. Provides that a finding of a payor's nonperformance within the time required under the Act must be documented by a certified mail return receipt or a sheriff's or private process server's proof of service (instead of by a certified mail return receipt) showing the date the income withholding notice was served on the payor.

## 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=09600SB0100&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40430&DocNum=100&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0100eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40430&DocNum=100&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0100enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40430&DocNum=100&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Iris Y. Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez `filing`
- **2009-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2009
- **2009-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 2009
- **2009-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
- **2009-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0053 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9c733cf-d72a-47fd-9665-f086273138a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).