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Bill	CLERKS OF COURTS-PAYMENTS	Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Allows the clerk of court to accept payment of fines, penalties, or costs by certified check.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 642	Illinois SB 642 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Curtis J. Tarver, II Don Harmon	5	51	5	2021-02-24	2021-06-04	openstates	ocd-bill/2d340e2a-490d-45ee-91d1-173ab646b19b	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=642&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133241&SessionID=110&GA=102	47931a435124ae23ed77165823ce3942e61fd0e26d8a59a0f734be53b3b968c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 642 (102nd) — CLERKS OF COURTS-PAYMENTS

Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Allows the clerk of court to accept payment of fines, penalties, or costs by certified check.

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. House Amendment 002 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Motion To Adopt, Amendment 2 — 72–45 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 41–18 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 41–18 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 72–45 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Curtis J. Tarver, II — primary (person)
• Don Harmon — primary (person)
• Jay Hoffman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-24 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy filing
• 2021-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2021
• 2021-03-17 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** March 23, 2021
• 2021-04-21 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2021-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-15 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-26 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-26 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
• 2021-05-26 Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Greg Harris
• 2021-05-26 Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 071-043-000
• 2021-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
• 2021-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2021-05-27 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 009-006-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-27 Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Don Harmon
• 2021-05-27 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-05-27 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2021-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-27 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Redistricting Committee
• 2021-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Redistricting Committee; 006-004-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted 072-045-000 amendment-passage
• 2021-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2021-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-045-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
• 2021-05-28 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2
• 2021-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - May 28, 2021
• 2021-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2021-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2021-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2021-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2021-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 041-018-000
• 2021-05-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 041-018-000
• 2021-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-05-30 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-06-04 Effective Date June 4, 2021
• 2021-06-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0011 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d340e2a-490d-45ee-91d1-173ab646b19b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).