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Bill	PUBLIC CONSTR BONDS-RECOVERY	Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Provides that the right to sue authorized under this Act on a bond or letter of credit executed by a person furnishing material or performing labor is in addition to and independent of any other rights and remedies provided at law or equity and that a waiver of mechanics lien rights shall not be a waiver of rights under this Act unless expressly stated in the waiver. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 2493	Illinois HB 2493 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	41	3	2003-02-20	2003-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/8d420cae-0e25-44f5-8288-715fcc198ed3	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2493&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=4322&SessionID=3&GA=93	6fe8a3a45fd1e682037911f7235c6a4a257717fb7837ecff9addf72b70315e75	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2493 (93rd) — PUBLIC CONSTR BONDS-RECOVERY

Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Provides that the right to sue authorized under this Act on a bond or letter of credit executed by a person furnishing material or performing labor is in addition to and independent of any other rights and remedies provided at law or equity and that a waiver of mechanics lien rights shall not be a waiver of rights under this Act unless expressly stated in the waiver. 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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 115–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-20 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Julie Hamos filing
• 2003-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-20 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-26 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-03-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-13 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
• 2003-03-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-20 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-001-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2003-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
• 2003-05-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2003-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 010-000-000
• 2003-05-08 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton amendment-passage
• 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
• 2003-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2003-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz; Motion #1
• 2003-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
• 2003-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 116-000-001
• 2003-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-20 Effective Date August 20, 2003
• 2003-08-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0562 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d420cae-0e25-44f5-8288-715fcc198ed3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).