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Bill	SECURITIES LAW-SECURITY DEFINE	Amends the Illinois Securities Law of 1953. Removes from the definition of security, a certificate of deposit. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2559	Illinois SB 2559 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2004-02-03	2004-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/f30eb4ab-2bd5-46c2-a4e3-6ae6e2924f92	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2559&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8961&SessionID=3&GA=93	21cb593f6e9bed35f737d2c8dcba7b40efd4e785aeec515ea59040f8332b4ad8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2559 (93rd) — SECURITIES LAW-SECURITY DEFINE

Amends the Illinois Securities Law of 1953. Removes from the definition of security, a certificate of deposit. 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 — 54–2 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Don Harmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-03 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon filing
• 2004-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-03 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-18 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2004-02-26 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
• 2004-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
• 2004-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 054-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert
• 2004-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-27 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2004-04-30 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 31, 2004
• 2004-05-06 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-000-001 committee-passage
• 2004-05-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2004-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-17 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-003 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-05-17 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2004-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-08-12 Effective Date August 12, 2004
• 2004-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0927 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f30eb4ab-2bd5-46c2-a4e3-6ae6e2924f92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).