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Bill	UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION	Creates the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Provides that a contract, record, or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability simply because it is in electronic form or an electronic record was used in its formation. Provides that if a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law. Provides that if a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law. Repeals the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Makes corresponding changes in various laws to conform cross references. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 2176	Illinois SB 2176 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Elgie R. Sims, Jr. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.	5	36	2	2021-02-26	2021-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/11fa665c-9854-4f28-b061-406a75a739ca	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2176&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134829&SessionID=110&GA=102	b0070f67b047f05689a743a43d9068aba3ee2079b630954eec44668a10ec08dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2176 (102nd) — UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION

Creates the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Provides that a contract, record, or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability simply because it is in electronic form or an electronic record was used in its formation. Provides that if a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law. Provides that if a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law. Repeals the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Makes corresponding changes in various laws to conform cross references. 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. Senate Amendment 001 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
• Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. filing
• 2021-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2021-04-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-04-14 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2021
• 2021-04-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-04-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2021-04-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
• 2021-04-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 21, 2021
• 2021-04-22 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Sims amendment-passage
• 2021-04-22 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-23 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Civil Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-05-13 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-05-21 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2021-05-26 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 111-000-001 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-06-25 Effective Date June 25, 2021
• 2021-06-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0038 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11fa665c-9854-4f28-b061-406a75a739ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).