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type: "Bill"
title: "CLERKS OF COURTS-PAYMENTS"
description: "Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Allows the clerk of court to accept payment of fines, penalties, or costs by certified check."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "SB 642"
citation: "Illinois SB 642 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curtis J. Tarver, II", "Don Harmon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d340e2a-490d-45ee-91d1-173ab646b19b"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=642&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=133241&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "47931a435124ae23ed77165823ce3942e61fd0e26d8a59a0f734be53b3b968c6"
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 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](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0642.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0642eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0642ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0642ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/PDF/10200SB0642enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion To Adopt, Amendment 2 — **7245** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **4118** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 2 — **4118** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **7245** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d340e2a-490d-45ee-91d1-173ab646b19b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).