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Bill	CIRCUIT COURT CLERK REGULATION	Amends the Circuit Court Clerk Regulation Act. Includes a remand, release, mittimus, bond conditions order, court supervision order, conditional discharge order, probation order, or other order as a document that a clerk or deputy clerk of a circuit court shall not prepare or draft which is to be filed or recorded in the court in which he or she is clerk or deputy clerk. Provides that a clerk or deputy clerk shall prepare or draft any document, which is to be filed or recorded in the court in which he or she is clerk or deputy clerk, that the clerk is by some statute authorized to draft or prepare (instead of "by law required, or by some statute authorized to draft or prepare").	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	HB 3956	Illinois HB 3956 (102nd)	bill		enacted	John Connor Joyce Mason	5	37	2	2021-02-22	2021-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/35456a9a-6542-4816-8477-30f0646cebae	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3956&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=133046&SessionID=110&GA=102	a25f707bc9894b2ca472baf2b76ef98070e3048ceb391addef141f5640e9bbd2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3956 (102nd) — CIRCUIT COURT CLERK REGULATION

Amends the Circuit Court Clerk Regulation Act. Includes a remand, release, mittimus, bond conditions order, court supervision order, conditional discharge order, probation order, or other order as a document that a clerk or deputy clerk of a circuit court shall not prepare or draft which is to be filed or recorded in the court in which he or she is clerk or deputy clerk. Provides that a clerk or deputy clerk shall prepare or draft any document, which is to be filed or recorded in the court in which he or she is clerk or deputy clerk, that the clerk is by some statute authorized to draft or prepare (instead of "by law required, or by some statute authorized to draft or prepare").

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. House Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John Connor — primary (person)
• Joyce Mason — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason filing
• 2021-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
• 2021-03-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-03-23 Do Pass as Amended / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Civil Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-16 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-16 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-04-22 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2021-04-23 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 098-000-001 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2021-04-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John Connor
• 2021-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-11 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 Do Pass 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
• 2021-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2021-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive
• 2021-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive
• 2021-05-30 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 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 . . . . . . . . . 102-0619 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35456a9a-6542-4816-8477-30f0646cebae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).