---
type: "Bill"
title: "MECHANICS LIEN-TIME PERIODS"
description: "Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that the changes made by Public Act 97-966, to provisions governing the circumstances in which it is not necessary to fix by contract a time for the completion or a time for payment in order to obtain a lien under the Act, are operative during the 5-year period that begins on the effective date of this amendatory Act and are inoperative after the expiration of the 5-year period. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 2450"
citation: "Illinois SB 2450 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-02-09"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a997273-bfb0-4923-b2ba-199ff776780a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2450&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=94287&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "e2e59af18baa3a7dc587007842dd25fd9f2f6be6e74836707ef83a48116739d1"
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 2450 (99th) — MECHANICS LIEN-TIME PERIODS

Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that the changes made by Public Act 97-966, to provisions governing the circumstances in which it is not necessary to fix by contract a time for the completion or a time for payment in order to obtain a lien under the Act, are operative during the 5-year period that begins on the effective date of this amendatory Act and are inoperative after the expiration of the 5-year period. 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=09900SB2450&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=94287&DocNum=2450&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2450eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=94287&DocNum=2450&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB2450enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=94287&DocNum=2450&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `filing`
- **2016-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-17** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-02** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2016-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-04** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2016-03-09** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2016-03-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-03-16** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2016
- **2016-04-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 19, 2016
- **2016-04-20** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-20** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-20** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2016-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-20** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-23** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2016
- **2016-05-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-08-19** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-19** Effective Date August 19, 2016
- **2016-08-19** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0852 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a997273-bfb0-4923-b2ba-199ff776780a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).