---
type: "Bill"
title: "BUSINESS-TECH"
description: "Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service of process on a foreign limited liability company."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 2963"
citation: "Illinois HB 2963 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c67d080-70be-4bc3-8481-4f5a019033e2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2963&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104486&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "5e1511200f53ef8ff7fa48dc00998299cbaa07441fc369e166123cec6574b36a"
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 2963 (100th) — BUSINESS-TECH

Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service of process on a foreign limited liability company.

## 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=10000HB2963&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104486&DocNum=2963&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2963eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104486&DocNum=2963&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2963enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104486&DocNum=2963&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Re-assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2017-03-22** To Commercial Law Subcommittee
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 003-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2017-03-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Motion Do Pass as Amended - Lost Judiciary - Civil Committee; 005-003-000 `committee-failure`
- **2017-03-29** Remains in Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2017-03-29** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 007-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2017-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-21** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2017-04-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2017
- **2017-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
- **2017-05-26** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 `reading-3`
- **2017-08-04** Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-10-18** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2017-10-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2017-10-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2017-10-25** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-10-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-11-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-08** Effective Date July 1, 2018
- **2017-12-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0561 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c67d080-70be-4bc3-8481-4f5a019033e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).