---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNCLAIMED PROPERTY"
description: "Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Decreases the duration from 7 years to 5 years for unclaimed property held by any federal, State, local government or governmental entity to be presumed abandoned."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 6074"
citation: "Illinois HB 6074 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2017-01-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f2d72e-e0d5-4a04-92d3-1075f736140c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6074&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95604&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "38488fb5fbc26f1b2d4a8b1b9c1421a86272f8deacbccd89f7bfa44963ef4c1a"
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 6074 (99th) — UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Decreases the duration from 7 years to 5 years for unclaimed property held by any federal, State, local government or governmental entity to be presumed abandoned.

## 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=09900HB6074&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95604&DocNum=6074&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6074eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95604&DocNum=6074&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB6074enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95604&DocNum=6074&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rita Mayfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. `filing`
- **2016-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-13** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2016 `reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2016-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-17** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 18, 2016
- **2016-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2016
- **2016-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2016-05-27** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2016
- **2016-05-31** Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As December 31, 2016
- **2016-07-31** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-07-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-11-15** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2016-11-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 16, 2016
- **2016-11-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Terry Link `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-11-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-11-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2016-11-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2016-11-16** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-11-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Link `amendment-passage`
- **2016-11-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2016-11-16** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2016-11-16** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-11-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2016-11-16** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-11-16** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
- **2016-11-16** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2016-11-18** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
- **2016-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2016-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-11-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan
- **2016-11-29** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
- **2016-11-29** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 008-000-000
- **2016-11-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 111-000-000
- **2016-11-30** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2016-11-30** House Concurs
- **2016-11-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-12-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-01-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-27** Effective Date January 27, 2017
- **2017-01-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0931 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0f2d72e-e0d5-4a04-92d3-1075f736140c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).