---
type: "Bill"
title: "EVICTION JUDGMENT-MORTGAGEES"
description: "Amends the Forcible Entry and Detainer Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in an action brought by a mortgagee who assumes control of the residential real estate in foreclosure through a judicial foreclosure, consent foreclosure, common law strict foreclosure, or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the plaintiff's notice of motion shall use the term \"owner\" instead of \"landlord\" whenever \"landlord\" appears in the notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 3166"
citation: "Illinois SB 3166 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e5accd5-d82e-4186-845e-ae69839c5fc4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3166&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=96509&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "fa061c089519242e262cf88d5be66f1bd7e529222e4769309bbd8f13af43065f"
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 3166 (99th) — EVICTION JUDGMENT-MORTGAGEES

Amends the Forcible Entry and Detainer Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in an action brought by a mortgagee who assumes control of the residential real estate in foreclosure through a judicial foreclosure, consent foreclosure, common law strict foreclosure, or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, the plaintiff's notice of motion shall use the term "owner" instead of "landlord" whenever "landlord" appears in the notice.

## 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=09900SB3166&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96509&DocNum=3166&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB3166eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96509&DocNum=3166&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB3166enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=96509&DocNum=3166&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John G. Mulroe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `filing`
- **2016-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-08** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2016-03-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2016-04-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2016-04-05** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2016-04-06** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
- **2016-04-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2016
- **2016-04-21** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-21** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2016-04-21** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-21** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2016-04-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-02** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-05** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0753 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e5accd5-d82e-4186-845e-ae69839c5fc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).