republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-300.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-ELECTRONIC ACCESS FEE"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that any county may provide electronic access to public records through the Internet. Provides that a county board may establish a reasonable fee to cover the operational expenses of providing that electronic access and may establish the basis for charging the fee. Provides that the fee must be paid to the county treasurer and deposited into a fund designated as the County Automation Fund. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 300"
citation: "Illinois HB 300 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-23"
last_action: "2003-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bead2d1-3d57-4aee-bd06-ec07ae49ad2d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=300&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=630&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "0ec5474ec9a6d2af3acf61053e8d6681becec7d85a5dd7dcc3666ddc7ce141cd"
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 HB 300 (93rd) — CNTY CD-ELECTRONIC ACCESS FEE

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that any county may provide electronic access to public records through the Internet. Provides that a county board may establish a reasonable fee to cover the operational expenses of providing that electronic access and may establish the basis for charging the fee. Provides that the fee must be paid to the county treasurer and deposited into a fund designated as the County Automation Fund. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0300&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=630&DocNum=300&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0300eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=630&DocNum=300&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0300enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=630&DocNum=300&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **51–4** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **75–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias `filing`
- **2003-01-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
- **2003-01-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2003-01-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2003-01-23** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2003-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-29** Assigned to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2003-02-06** Motion Do Pass - Lost Local Government Committee; 008-013-001 `committee-failure`
- **2003-02-06** Remains in Local Government Committee
- **2003-02-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Local Government Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-02-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Local Government Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-02-21** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 016-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias `amendment-introduction`
- **2003-03-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2003-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-036-004 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-27** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-27** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 2, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Do Pass Local Government; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 1, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Passed; 051-004-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-24** Effective Date July 24, 2003
- **2003-07-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0362 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bead2d1-3d57-4aee-bd06-ec07ae49ad2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).