---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY TAX-TAX DEEDS"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the requirement that a purchaser of tax delinquent property or his or her assignee must reimburse a city, village, or incorporated town for advancements made from public funds with respect to that property or that the city, village, or incorporated town waive its lien on the property before a tax deed may be issued does not apply if the tax purchaser is a county acting as trustee for taxing districts. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 1378"
citation: "Illinois SB 1378 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36eb2994-5442-4762-8acb-7942594fb9e2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1378&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=4396&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "73b63b47d313c86e3be40649fc2f8cf7b31a1e5fb8a7ad137416a01d693700a6"
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 1378 (93rd) — PROPERTY TAX-TAX DEEDS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the requirement that a purchaser of tax delinquent property or his or her assignee must reimburse a city, village, or incorporated town for advancements made from public funds with respect to that property or that the city, village, or incorporated town waive its lien on the property before a tax deed may be issued does not apply if the tax purchaser is a county acting as trustee for taxing districts. Effective immediately.

## 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=09300SB1378&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4396&DocNum=1378&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1378eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4396&DocNum=1378&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB1378enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=4396&DocNum=1378&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. `filing`
- **2003-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-06** Postponed - Revenue
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass Revenue; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- **2003-03-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2003
- **2003-04-08** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
- **2003-04-08** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-09** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2003-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2003-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-14** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Re-assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Re-assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-02** Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b); May 31, 2003
- **2003-05-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-05-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-08** Effective Date August 8, 2003
- **2003-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0490 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36eb2994-5442-4762-8acb-7942594fb9e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).