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Bill	CLERKS OF COURTS-FEES	Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Raises the maximum document fee to $15 (from $5).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 1444	Illinois SB 1444 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	46	2	2005-02-23	2005-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/54e5f50d-259b-45a0-a8b0-a57923f8de71	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1444&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=18699&SessionID=50&GA=94	456f4964a49ccfdf11df7ed08778295c026eb8e69ba714d58e2ce701a55a040f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1444 (94th) — CLERKS OF COURTS-FEES

Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Raises the maximum document fee to $15 (from $5).

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 — 33–22 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 74–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Angelo Saviano — cosponsor (person)
• Bob Biggins — cosponsor (person)
• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)
• Jack McGuire — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-23 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2005-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-23 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2005-03-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-03 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-08 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Local Government
• 2005-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Local Government
• 2005-03-09 Postponed - Local Government
• 2005-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Local Government
• 2005-03-16 Do Pass Local Government; 007-003-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
• 2005-03-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-18 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Local Government
• 2005-04-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2005
• 2005-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Local Government; 009-000-000
• 2005-04-15 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Silverstein amendment-passage
• 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2005-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 033-022-001 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2005-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2005-04-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-27 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-04 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2005-05-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 007-004-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2005-05-10 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
• 2005-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2005-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-039-002 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0596 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54e5f50d-259b-45a0-a8b0-a57923f8de71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).