---
type: "Bill"
title: "COURT CLERKS-FEES"
description: "Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides for a combined fee schedule for circuit clerks' fees in counties having a population of not more than 500,000 inhabitants. Repeals fee schedule for counties having a population of 180,000 inhabitants or less. Effective July 1, 2003."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 269"
citation: "Illinois HB 269 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-23"
last_action: "2003-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fbe69ca-ab5a-4188-8682-c6c835b41f84"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=269&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=586&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "fa76b4d79a2ca6fbcc56d2fb262267f59df8b60e20cdb3e7e90d9bef1364df79"
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 269 (93rd) — COURT CLERKS-FEES

Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides for a combined fee schedule for circuit clerks' fees in counties having a population of not more than 500,000 inhabitants. Repeals fee schedule for counties having a population of 180,000 inhabitants or less. Effective July 1, 2003.

## 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=09300HB0269&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=586&DocNum=269&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0269eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=586&DocNum=269&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0269enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=586&DocNum=269&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **62–49** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **45–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank J. Mautino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino `filing`
- **2003-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-29** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-04** Judicial Note Filed
- **2003-02-04** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2003-02-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 014-008-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2003-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2003-02-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2003-02-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-049-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 5, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
- **2003-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
- **2003-04-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 045-011-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-06-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-27** Effective Date July 1, 2003
- **2003-06-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0039 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fbe69ca-ab5a-4188-8682-c6c835b41f84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).