---
type: "Bill"
title: "WEIGHT-MEASURE FEE-FAIL TO PAY"
description: "Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Allows the Department of Agriculture to prohibit a person who fails or refuses to pay a fee from using commercial weighing and measuring devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 2890"
citation: "Illinois HB 2890 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1037e39e-bd9a-44fc-9a84-80516af21a37"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2890&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5442&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "0d3c103d6df5d65b07c3cc7f1d0d534b30774bca2b843de50119a9640acf4b73"
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 2890 (93rd) — WEIGHT-MEASURE FEE-FAIL TO PAY

Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Allows the Department of Agriculture to prohibit a person who fails or refuses to pay a fee from using commercial weighing and measuring devices.

## 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=09300HB2890&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5442&DocNum=2890&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2890eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5442&DocNum=2890&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB2890enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5442&DocNum=2890&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **104–13** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joel Brunsvold — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Reitz `filing`
- **2003-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-26** Assigned to Agriculture and Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-05** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture and Conservation Committee; 011-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-18** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Joel Brunsvold
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2003-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-013-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
- **2003-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Agriculture & Conservation; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-14** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0198 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1037e39e-bd9a-44fc-9a84-80516af21a37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).