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Bill	TOBACCO COMPANY-APPEAL BOND	Amends the State Finance Act. In provisions concerning the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund, provides that in any civil litigation under any legal theory in which a judgment is entered against a signatory or a successor to a signatory of the Master Settlement Agreement, the appeal bond that the signatory or successor or another defendant may be required to post to stay execution on the judgment during the time that an appeal or discretionary review of the judgment is pending shall be set in accordance with the law and the rules of the court, except that in no case may the total amount of the appeal bond exceed $25,000,000, regardless of the total amount of the judgment. Authorizes a court order to prevent an appellant's dissipation or diversion of assets. Provides that these changes apply to any action pending on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 276	Illinois HB 276 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	60	4	2003-01-23	2003-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/65608424-69d6-4871-8692-ce9b5eb05509	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=276&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=601&SessionID=3&GA=93	0ca932ed56d67f3761acd9d26ac46f416a68e19a4621c327d1c15c4d305d8dd7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 276 (93rd) — TOBACCO COMPANY-APPEAL BOND

Amends the State Finance Act. In provisions concerning the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund, provides that in any civil litigation under any legal theory in which a judgment is entered against a signatory or a successor to a signatory of the Master Settlement Agreement, the appeal bond that the signatory or successor or another defendant may be required to post to stay execution on the judgment during the time that an appeal or discretionary review of the judgment is pending shall be set in accordance with the law and the rules of the court, except that in no case may the total amount of the appeal bond exceed $25,000,000, regardless of the total amount of the judgment. Authorizes a court order to prevent an appellant's dissipation or diversion of assets. Provides that these changes apply to any action pending on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. 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

• Third Reading — 62–50 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 42–14 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 113–1 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 113–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Flynn Currie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert S. Molaro filing
• 2003-01-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-01-29 Assigned to Executive Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-05 Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
• 2003-02-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Executive Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-02-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Executive Committee; 010-000-000 amendment-passage
• 2003-02-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-05 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-02-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2003-02-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-050-003 reading-3, passage
• 2003-02-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 19, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-18 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
• 2003-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-03 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Postponed - Executive
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
• 2003-05-06 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
• 2003-05-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
• 2003-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Executive
• 2003-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Executive; 008-003-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Schoenberg amendment-passage
• 2003-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2003
• 2003-05-16 Third Reading Deadline Extended - Rule 2-10, to December 31, 2003. reading-3
• 2003-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Rules
• 2003-05-29 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Schoenberg amendment-passage
• 2003-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2003-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 042-014-001 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-29 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 and 2
• 2003-05-29 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2003-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2003-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2003-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie; Motion #1
• 2003-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie; Motion #1
• 2003-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Revenue Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Revenue Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Revenue Committee; 009-000-000
• 2003-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Revenue Committee; 009-000-000
• 2003-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-001-002
• 2003-05-31 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 113-001-002
• 2003-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-08-06 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-08-06 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-08-06 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0446 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65608424-69d6-4871-8692-ce9b5eb05509. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).