---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIV PRO-PROCESS SERVERS"
description: "Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that process may (rather than shall) be served by a sheriff, or if the sheriff is disqualified, by a coroner of some county of the State. Removes language providing that process may be served by a person who is licensed or registered as a private detective or by a registered employee of a private detective agency in counties with a population of less than 2,000,000 (and instead allows process to be served in such a manner statewide). Removes language providing that upon motion and in its discretion, the court may appoint as a special process server a private detective agency and, under the appointment, any employee of the private detective agency may serve the process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "HB 4351"
citation: "Illinois HB 4351 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz", "Robert F. Martwick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69f639c7-e048-4ddf-9f91-59820322a0ba"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4351&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=151257&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "a7d87b8d15dfd6d8c1d30f6085e23f4ac0abf9169ed534e742793b4591beda82"
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 4351 (103rd) — CIV PRO-PROCESS SERVERS

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that process may (rather than shall) be served by a sheriff, or if the sheriff is disqualified, by a coroner of some county of the State. Removes language providing that process may be served by a person who is licensed or registered as a private detective or by a registered employee of a private detective agency in counties with a population of less than 2,000,000 (and instead allows process to be served in such a manner statewide). Removes language providing that upon motion and in its discretion, the court may appoint as a special process server a private detective agency and, under the appointment, any employee of the private detective agency may serve the process.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4351.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4351eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4351ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4351ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/HB/PDF/10300HB4351enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Judiciary — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — primary (person)
- Robert F. Martwick — primary (person)
- Curtis J. Tarver, II — cosponsor (person)
- Emanuel "Chris" Welch — cosponsor (person)
- Jenn Ladisch Douglass — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz `filing`
- **2024-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-01-31** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass
- **2024-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-03-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2024-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2024-03-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-13** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000
- **2024-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2024-04-01** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
- **2024-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2024-04-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2024-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick
- **2024-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Referred to Assignments
- **2024-04-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2024-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2024 `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2024
- **2024-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2024-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-19** Effective Date January 1, 2025
- **2024-07-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0671 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69f639c7-e048-4ddf-9f91-59820322a0ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).