---
type: "Bill"
title: "SOS-BUSINESS ENTITIES-AGENT"
description: "Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, and the Limited Liability Company Act. Provides that the registered agent of a business or not-for-profit corporation may be a limited liability company, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership. Provides that the notice of a business or not-for-profit corporation's registered agent must be executed in the manner authorized by the governing statute if the registered agent is a business entity (instead of must be executed by a principal officer if the registered agent is a corporation). Provides that a limited liability company's registered agent may be a person authorized to transact business in this State (instead of a domestic or foreign corporation). Makes other changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2807"
citation: "Illinois SB 2807 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2010-01-28"
last_action: "2010-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f82497e2-f108-4646-9894-ec71c8276215"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2807&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49837&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "dc7d87be494bc40553885b1726e9348d0de2a6206342af50b2c3ab28588cf9b6"
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 2807 (96th) — SOS-BUSINESS ENTITIES-AGENT

Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, and the Limited Liability Company Act. Provides that the registered agent of a business or not-for-profit corporation may be a limited liability company, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership. Provides that the notice of a business or not-for-profit corporation's registered agent must be executed in the manner authorized by the governing statute if the registered agent is a business entity (instead of must be executed by a principal officer if the registered agent is a corporation). Provides that a limited liability company's registered agent may be a person authorized to transact business in this State (instead of a domestic or foreign corporation). Makes other changes. 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=09600SB2807&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49837&DocNum=2807&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2807eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49837&DocNum=2807&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2807enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49837&DocNum=2807&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William R. Haine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2010-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-17** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
- **2010-02-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
- **2010-03-10** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-04-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-22** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2010-04-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2010-05-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 053-000-000
- **2010-05-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Effective Date July 2, 2010
- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0988 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f82497e2-f108-4646-9894-ec71c8276215`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).