---
type: "Bill"
title: "CLERKS-GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE"
description: "Amends the Clerk Division of the Counties Code. Makes all provisions of the Division gender neutral. Makes some technical and grammatical changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 2252"
citation: "Illinois HB 2252 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b2f48e1-2b18-4d1d-b4ad-13f69bdf74cf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2252&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118044&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "a1e3a8e2e3d9a6fef19b943ba6a311bb628f9c91767963394633b159ad223bc1"
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 2252 (101st) — CLERKS-GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE

Amends the Clerk Division of the Counties Code. Makes all provisions of the Division gender neutral. Makes some technical and grammatical changes. 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=10100HB2252&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118044&DocNum=2252&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2252eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118044&DocNum=2252&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB2252enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=118044&DocNum=2252&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **110–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carol Ammons — primary (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Scott M. Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons `filing`
- **2019-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-03-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2019-03-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Scott M. Bennett
- **2019-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Do Pass Local Government; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
- **2019-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
- **2019-05-21** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2019
- **2019-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0253 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b2f48e1-2b18-4d1d-b4ad-13f69bdf74cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).