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Bill SOS DUTIES-SERVICE OF PROCESS Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that the Secretary of State has the duty to accept service of process only in those specifically mandated areas of the law and as determined by the General Assembly. Provides that the Secretary is not the default agent for service of process in the State of Illinois. Makes other changes. us/states/il Illinois General Assembly 102nd HB 2401 Illinois HB 2401 (102nd)
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Illinois HB 2401 (102nd) — SOS DUTIES-SERVICE OF PROCESS

Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides that the Secretary of State has the duty to accept service of process only in those specifically mandated areas of the law and as determined by the General Assembly. Provides that the Secretary is not the default agent for service of process in the State of Illinois. Makes other changes.

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 — 1170 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 590 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Suzanne Ness — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Suzanne Ness filing
  • 2021-02-17 First Reading reading-1
  • 2021-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-09 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-16 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Civil Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2021-03-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
  • 2021-04-14 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
  • 2021-04-14 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
  • 2021-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
  • 2021-04-16 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
  • 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 117-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-04-21 Arrive in Senate introduction
  • 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 reading-1
  • 2021-04-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
  • 2021-04-22 First Reading reading-1
  • 2021-04-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2021-05-04 Assigned to Insurance referral-committee
  • 2021-05-14 Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
  • 2021-05-14 Re-assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-05-21 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 29, 2021
  • 2021-05-25 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
  • 2021-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 26, 2021
  • 2021-05-29 Second Reading reading-2
  • 2021-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 30, 2021
  • 2021-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 passage, reading-3
  • 2021-05-30 Passed Both Houses
  • 2021-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-08-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
  • 2021-08-27 Effective Date January 1, 2022
  • 2021-08-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0591 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f13fcaa6-0e1e-4590-8c64-19066a8a8583. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).