---
type: "Bill"
title: "TRANSMITTING MONEY-DEFINITION"
description: "Amends the Transmitters of Money Act. Changes the definition of \"transmitting money\" to exclude providing payment services to a seller of goods or services, a payee, or a payment processor in connection with the sale of goods or services. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 3681"
citation: "Illinois HB 3681 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-09-25"
last_action: "2014-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/809d694c-670a-4427-8123-874bef24931c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3681&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=77056&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "9a06b9a32dde6d2ccf0ed931213c8514d9bc1dc4a00863af3153ef4a1e745dbc"
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 3681 (98th) — TRANSMITTING MONEY-DEFINITION

Amends the Transmitters of Money Act. Changes the definition of "transmitting money" to exclude providing payment services to a seller of goods or services, a payee, or a payment processor in connection with the sale of goods or services. 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=09800HB3681&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=77056&DocNum=3681&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB3681eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=77056&DocNum=3681&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB3681enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=77056&DocNum=3681&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **75–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lou Lang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-09-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `filing`
- **2013-10-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-10-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-28** Assigned to Financial Institutions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-27** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-02-27** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Financial Institutions Committee
- **2014-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Financial Institutions Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-04** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Financial Institutions Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-03-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-028-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2014-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 20, 2014 `reading-1`
- **2014-03-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2014-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** Assigned to Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** Do Pass Financial Institutions; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2014
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2014
- **2014-05-23** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2014
- **2014-05-26** Third Reading - Passed; 045-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-18** Effective Date August 18, 2014
- **2014-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0991 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/809d694c-670a-4427-8123-874bef24931c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).