republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/103rd/hb-2841.md

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Bill	VITAL RECORD-CERTIFY LETTER	Amends the Vital Records Act. In provisions concerning searches by the State Registrar of Vital Records, provides that no fee may be assessed against a victim of domestic violence as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that, to qualify for the waiver of a fee, the person seeking the vital record must provide a certification letter. Provides the form for a certification letter.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	103rd	HB 2841	Illinois HB 2841 (103rd)	bill		enacted	David Koehler Sharon Chung	3	33	4	2023-02-16	2023-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/1290bbdf-ce82-4f55-a43c-edf8e088609f	https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2841&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=147972&SessionID=112	319008d91620a33ac204000fe9b75c714fb658660a6b948de21365b402da775c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2841 (103rd) — VITAL RECORD-CERTIFY LETTER

Amends the Vital Records Act. In provisions concerning searches by the State Registrar of Vital Records, provides that no fee may be assessed against a victim of domestic violence as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that, to qualify for the waiver of a fee, the person seeking the vital record must provide a certification letter. Provides the form for a certification letter.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• State Government Administration — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Local Government — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Koehler — primary (person)
• Sharon Chung — primary (person)
• Diane Blair-Sherlock — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce Mason — cosponsor (person)
• Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Nabeela Syed — cosponsor (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sharon Chung filing
• 2023-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee
• 2023-02-28 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-08 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000
• 2023-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
• 2023-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
• 2023-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
• 2023-03-15 Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Joyce Mason
• 2023-03-16 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2023-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2023-03-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2023-03-27 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2023-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2023-03-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-27 Referred to Assignments
• 2023-04-12 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000
• 2023-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 25, 2023 reading-2
• 2023-04-26 Second Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2023
• 2023-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 8, 2023
• 2023-05-10 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
• 2023-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2023-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2023-06-30 Effective Date January 1, 2024
• 2023-06-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0170 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1290bbdf-ce82-4f55-a43c-edf8e088609f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).