---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIV PRO-SERVICE PROCESS-GATED"
description: "Amends the Civil Practice Law of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a gated residential community, including a condominium association or a cooperative, shall grant unannounced entry into the community, including its common areas and common elements, to a person who is attempting to serve process on a defendant or witness who resides within or is known to be within the community."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3286"
citation: "Illinois SB 3286 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc8e3e16-e964-4c8b-8a15-a39d74c0265b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3286&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=80444&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "86b7e8e62f9989f323abc3f4fcf52d0f5e2b1c56561f39b17907499d03513eff"
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 3286 (98th) — CIV PRO-SERVICE PROCESS-GATED

Amends the Civil Practice Law of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a gated residential community, including a condominium association or a cooperative, shall grant unannounced entry into the community, including its common areas and common elements, to a person who is attempting to serve process on a defendant or witness who resides within or is known to be within the community.

## 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=09800SB3286&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80444&DocNum=3286&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3286eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80444&DocNum=3286&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3286enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=80444&DocNum=3286&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `filing`
- **2014-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2014-02-25** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Jacobs `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2014-03-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2014-03-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2014
- **2014-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2014-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2014
- **2014-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2014-04-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2014-05-08** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2014-05-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2015
- **2014-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0966 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc8e3e16-e964-4c8b-8a15-a39d74c0265b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).