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Bill	PLEADING VERIFY CERTIFICATION	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure regarding a pleading or other document verified by certification. Provides that the pleading or other document may be used in the same manner as though sworn under oath without any further requirement that the document be sworn before an authorized person.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 3295	Illinois SB 3295 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2018-02-16	2018-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/75805341-077e-42be-8b49-5a8ab4fbd2f8	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3295&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=111116&SessionID=91&GA=100	85e6000da0fa5d2541e22ba8edfc98c9dba7f97507152bf7c5acff40d86ca863	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3295 (100th) — PLEADING VERIFY CERTIFICATION

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure regarding a pleading or other document verified by certification. Provides that the pleading or other document may be used in the same manner as though sworn under oath without any further requirement that the document be sworn before an authorized person.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael E. Hastings — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings filing
• 2018-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-02-16 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2018-02-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2018-02-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 10, 2018
• 2018-04-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2018
• 2018-04-24 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-24 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-04-24 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Peter Breen
• 2018-04-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-07 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 To Civil Procedure Subcommittee
• 2018-05-16 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-16 Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
• 2018-05-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2018
• 2018-05-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-05-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
• 2018-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-24 Effective Date January 1, 2019
• 2018-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1086 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75805341-077e-42be-8b49-5a8ab4fbd2f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).