---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIVIL LAW-TECH"
description: "Amends the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning completion and delivery of the seller's disclosure statement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1996"
citation: "Illinois SB 1996 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 68
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e0db47d-3fb7-4b10-bc06-00b0a8b89f32"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1996&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=58138&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "963aba2e86c323a2224c362cc56ed7756204877410d8f93785eb5e2e25e0bba8"
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 1996 (97th) — CIVIL LAW-TECH

Amends the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning completion and delivery of the seller's disclosure statement.

## 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=09700SB1996&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58138&DocNum=1996&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1996eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58138&DocNum=1996&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1996enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=58138&DocNum=1996&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **48–7** (pass) · upper
- Motion, Amendment 3 — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JoAnn D. Osmond — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Noland — primary (person)
- Timothy L. Schmitz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `filing`
- **2011-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2011-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Judiciary
- **2011-03-15** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2011
- **2011-03-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael Noland `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-04-11** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2011
- **2011-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2011-04-12** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2011-04-13** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2011-04-13** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
- **2011-04-14** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2011-04-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Noland `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2011-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 048-007-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2011-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2011-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2011-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-05-04** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-05-04** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-05-04** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2011-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
- **2011-05-11** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2011-05-11** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-17** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-17** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Keith Farnham `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-17** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Withdrawn by Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-25** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 3
- **2011-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 3 - May 26, 2011
- **2011-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael Noland `filing`
- **2011-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-26** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 006-003-000
- **2011-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 035-014-000
- **2011-05-27** 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 . . . . . . . . . 97-0536 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e0db47d-3fb7-4b10-bc06-00b0a8b89f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).