republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-2499.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE WAIVER"
description: "Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Capital Development Board shall each accept the use of electronic signatures in transactions between those State agencies and other persons or entities, unless all parties to the transaction waive the right to use electronic signatures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 2499"
citation: "Illinois HB 2499 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lance Yednock", "Ram Villivalam"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 61
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7173e00f-cb6d-483f-a1cf-946717b26609"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2499&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=131281&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "8a1c7f8822e86b291916b37f6e6ea588d4671d694b17585e370cec25f156d537"
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 2499 (102nd) — ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE WAIVER

Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Provides that the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, and the Capital Development Board shall each accept the use of electronic signatures in transactions between those State agencies and other persons or entities, unless all parties to the transaction waive the right to use electronic signatures.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2499.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2499eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2499ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2499sam001.pdf)
5. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2499sam002.pdf)
6. **Senate Amendment 003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2499sam003.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB2499enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lance Yednock — primary (person)
- Ram Villivalam — primary (person)
- Amy Elik — cosponsor (person)
- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Michael T. Marron — cosponsor (person)
- Rachelle Crowe — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Ness — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Martin J. Moylan `filing`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron
- **2021-03-09** Assigned to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Martin J. Moylan `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee
- **2021-03-22** Do Pass / Consent Calendar Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
- **2021-03-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Elik
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 113-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2021-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John Connor
- **2021-05-11** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2021-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 20, 2021
- **2021-05-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 21, 2021
- **2021-05-30** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
- **2021-05-31** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2021-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-31** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As June 15, 2021 `reading-3`
- **2021-06-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-06-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2021-06-15** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Ram Villivalam
- **2021-06-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe
- **2021-06-15** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Withdrawn by Sen. Don Harmon
- **2021-06-15** Third Reading - Passed; 056-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-06-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2021-06-15** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2021-06-15** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lance Yednock
- **2021-06-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Lance Yednock
- **2021-06-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Revenue & Finance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Revenue & Finance Committee; 013-000-000
- **2021-06-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 111-000-000
- **2021-06-16** House Concurs
- **2021-06-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-07-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-27** Effective Date June 1, 2022
- **2021-08-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0595 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7173e00f-cb6d-483f-a1cf-946717b26609`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).