---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TX-ELECTRONIC SERVICE"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section requiring the board of review to serve a copy of the petition on all taxing districts when a change in assessed valuation of $100,000 or more is sought, provides that the service may be by electronic means if the taxing district consents to electronic service and provides the board of review with a valid e-mail address for the purpose of receiving service. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2889"
citation: "Illinois SB 2889 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ec76f95-6878-45df-a47e-f09be8862af6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2889&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96209&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "075731ae4a6b26aa933556feae10db38d97131888854ab2b8ec53696ddb299b9"
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 2889 (99th) — PROP TX-ELECTRONIC SERVICE

Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section requiring the board of review to serve a copy of the petition on all taxing districts when a change in assessed valuation of $100,000 or more is sought, provides that the service may be by electronic means if the taxing district consents to electronic service and provides the board of review with a valid e-mail address for the purpose of receiving service. 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=09900SB2889&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96209&DocNum=2889&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2889eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96209&DocNum=2889&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2889enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96209&DocNum=2889&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pat McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pat McGuire `filing`
- **2016-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Do Pass Revenue; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2016
- **2016-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 17, 2016
- **2016-04-07** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-07** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2016-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-18** Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** To Property Tax Subcommittee
- **2016-05-12** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue & Finance Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-12** Remains in Revenue & Finance Committee
- **2016-05-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue & Finance Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-15** Effective Date July 15, 2016
- **2016-07-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0579 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ec76f95-6878-45df-a47e-f09be8862af6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).