---
type: "Bill"
title: "NOTARIES-TRUST COMPANIES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Changes the definition of the term \"financial institution\" to include trust companies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 3041"
citation: "Illinois HB 3041 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-02-23"
last_action: "2011-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11a17ab6-838d-4fd4-8614-96ff0b097056"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3041&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60391&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "662660fd5f460230ce95d8343079526c8d464ba5dd633653dd42e844fef40af3"
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 3041 (97th) — NOTARIES-TRUST COMPANIES

Amends the Illinois Notary Public Act. Changes the definition of the term "financial institution" to include trust companies.

## 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=09700HB3041&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60391&DocNum=3041&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3041eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60391&DocNum=3041&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3041enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60391&DocNum=3041&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Nybo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chris Nybo `filing`
- **2011-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-28** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-03-31** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2011-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2011-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-000-000
- **2011-05-20** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-20** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Kotowski `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2011
- **2011-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 043-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-05-23** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2011-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Chris Nybo
- **2011-05-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2011-05-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 106-000-000
- **2011-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-23** Effective Date August 23, 2011
- **2011-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0508 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11a17ab6-838d-4fd4-8614-96ff0b097056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).