republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/101st/sb-181.md

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Bill	CIV PRO-CITATIONS-SUMMONS	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a judgment creditor is entitled to prosecute citations to discover assets (instead of supplementary proceedings) for the purposes of examining the judgment debtor or any other person to discover assets or income of the debtor not exempt from the enforcement of the judgment, a deduction order or garnishment, and of compelling the application of non-exempt assets or income discovered toward the payment of the amount due under the judgment. Deletes language providing that it is not a prerequisite to the commencement of a supplementary proceeding that a certified copy of the judgment has been returned wholly or partly unsatisfied. Provides that summons shall be returnable not less than 21 nor more than 40 days (rather than 30 days) after the date of issuance. Provides that summons shall be served with one copy (rather than 4 copies) of the interrogatories. Provides that a summons shall be served in the same manner as provided by the Illinois Supreme Court Rule for additional relief upon a party in default. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	SB 181	Illinois SB 181 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2019-01-30	2019-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/2520805c-79eb-4589-85e3-8a915a4a0e45	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=181&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=115998&SessionID=108&GA=101	3e516934c4d0745ef729ac35b908b6c713790ac56d99601fe22c88dc1d481105	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 181 (101st) — CIV PRO-CITATIONS-SUMMONS

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a judgment creditor is entitled to prosecute citations to discover assets (instead of supplementary proceedings) for the purposes of examining the judgment debtor or any other person to discover assets or income of the debtor not exempt from the enforcement of the judgment, a deduction order or garnishment, and of compelling the application of non-exempt assets or income discovered toward the payment of the amount due under the judgment. Deletes language providing that it is not a prerequisite to the commencement of a supplementary proceeding that a certified copy of the judgment has been returned wholly or partly unsatisfied. Provides that summons shall be returnable not less than 21 nor more than 40 days (rather than 30 days) after the date of issuance. Provides that summons shall be served with one copy (rather than 4 copies) of the interrogatories. Provides that a summons shall be served in the same manner as provided by the Illinois Supreme Court Rule for additional relief upon a party in default. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John G. Mulroe — primary (person)
• Robert Martwick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-30 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe filing
• 2019-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-01-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 5, 2019
• 2019-03-06 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-03-06 Arrived in House introduction
• 2019-03-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
• 2019-03-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 To Civil Procedure Subcommittee
• 2019-05-01 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 002-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-01 Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
• 2019-05-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-14 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-05-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-02 Effective Date August 2, 2019
• 2019-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0191 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2520805c-79eb-4589-85e3-8a915a4a0e45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).