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Bill	CNTY CD-LAW LIBRARY FEES	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may authorize the clerk of the circuit court to charge litigants in civil cases a county law library fee not to exceed $13 (now, not to exceed $10). Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 4370	Illinois HB 4370 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2004-02-03	2004-07-15	openstates	ocd-bill/d19dcfa9-21a7-4822-9917-066bd12e7d03	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4370&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=8678&SessionID=3&GA=93	ea10366fb6b2c94a33718bd5317a9e75b328e98039558e2155ae628e6c139689	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4370 (93rd) — CNTY CD-LAW LIBRARY FEES

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may authorize the clerk of the circuit court to charge litigants in civil cases a county law library fee not to exceed $13 (now, not to exceed $10). 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 — 62–54 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 42–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. — primary (person)
• Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. filing
• 2004-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-18 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2004-02-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
• 2004-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
• 2004-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. George Scully, Jr.
• 2004-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randall M. Hultgren
• 2004-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 015-006-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-03-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 062-054-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-24 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 25, 2004 reading-1
• 2004-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2004-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-04-15 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-04-15 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2004-04-22 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 27, 2004
• 2004-04-28 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-04-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2004
• 2004-04-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2004-05-05 Third Reading - Passed; 042-012-001 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-07-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-07-15 Effective Date July 15, 2004
• 2004-07-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0748 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d19dcfa9-21a7-4822-9917-066bd12e7d03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).