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type: "Bill"
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title: "LIMITS-DEBT COLLECT-ST AGENCY"
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description: "Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Provides that except in the case of fraud, if a State agency fails to provide a debtor with written notice and a demand for payment of any debt, accounts, or claims owed to the State agency with 5 years of when the State agency's right to collect the debt first accrued, then the State agency is barred from attempting to collect such debt, accounts, or claims owed to it by the debtor. Amends the Personal Actions Part of the Limitations Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that except in the case of fraud or where facts material to the State agency's right to collect the debt were not known nor could reasonably have been known by the State agency's official charged with the responsibility to discover and collect the debt, an action by a State agency may not be conducted more than 5 years after the State agency's right to collect the debt first accrued."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
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legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
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session: "103rd"
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identifier: "SB 1291"
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citation: "Illinois SB 1291 (103rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Belt", "Jay Hoffman"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 62
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-03"
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last_action: "2023-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4be87fef-4d45-4f0a-9c91-2946bdeab51f"
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source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=1291&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=145540&SessionID=112"
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source_hash: "5ff7d7673d60949795ebfa8dba62fd070f8c92870eda450bc2fd3e0367f4b21e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
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---
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# Illinois SB 1291 (103rd) — LIMITS-DEBT COLLECT-ST AGENCY
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Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Provides that except in the case of fraud, if a State agency fails to provide a debtor with written notice and a demand for payment of any debt, accounts, or claims owed to the State agency with 5 years of when the State agency's right to collect the debt first accrued, then the State agency is barred from attempting to collect such debt, accounts, or claims owed to it by the debtor. Amends the Personal Actions Part of the Limitations Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that except in the case of fraud or where facts material to the State agency's right to collect the debt were not known nor could reasonably have been known by the State agency's official charged with the responsibility to discover and collect the debt, an action by a State agency may not be conducted more than 5 years after the State agency's right to collect the debt first accrued.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1291.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1291eng.pdf)
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3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1291ham001.pdf)
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4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1291ham002.pdf)
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5. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1291sam001.pdf)
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6. **Senate Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1291sam002.pdf)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB1291enr.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Judiciary — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Judiciary — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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- Concurrence — **54–1** (pass) · lower
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- Judiciary, Amendment 2 — **8–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · lower
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- State Government — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher Belt — primary (person)
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- Jay Hoffman — primary (person)
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- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- Doris Turner — cosponsor (person)
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- Karina Villa — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Mary Edly-Allen — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-03** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt `filing`
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- **2023-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-03** Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-02-14** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
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- **2023-03-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Judiciary `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-08** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 006-001-000
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- **2023-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2023 `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christopher Belt `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
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- **2023-03-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
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- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-001-000
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- **2023-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-22** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Belt `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 23, 2023
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- **2023-03-23** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
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- **2023-03-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
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- **2023-03-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
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- **2023-03-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
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- **2023-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-23** Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-03-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
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- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith
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- **2023-04-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-04-25** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-04-28** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-05-16** Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 19, 2023
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- **2023-05-16** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
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- **2023-05-16** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary - Civil Committee; Rep. Kam Buckner
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- **2023-05-16** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 075-040-000
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- **2023-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
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- **2023-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
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- **2023-05-17** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-17** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 014-000-000
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- **2023-05-17** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-17** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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- **2023-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-18** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2
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- **2023-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 2 - May 19, 2023
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- **2023-05-18** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Christopher Belt `filing`
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- **2023-05-18** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
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- **2023-05-19** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government
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- **2023-05-19** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen
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- **2023-05-19** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government; 009-000-000
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- **2023-05-24** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 054-001-000
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- **2023-05-24** Senate Concurs
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- **2023-05-24** Passed Both Houses
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- **2023-05-24** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
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- **2023-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
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- **2023-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2024
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- **2023-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0485 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4be87fef-4d45-4f0a-9c91-2946bdeab51f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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