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| Bill | CONSULAR ID DOCUMENT ACT | Creates the Consular Identification Document Act. Defines "consular identification document" as an official identification card issued by a foreign government through its consular offices to identify a foreign national who is living outside of that nation. Provides that each State agency and officer and unit of local government, when requiring members of the public to provide identification, shall accept a consular identification document as valid identification of a person, with specified exceptions. Provides that a State agency or officer or a unit of local government is not prohibited from requiring: additional information from persons in order to verify a current address or other facts that would enable the State agency or officer or unit of local government to fulfill its responsibilities, with specified exceptions; fingerprints for identification purposes under circumstances where the State agency or officer or unit of local government also requires fingerprints from persons who have a driver's license or Illinois Identification Card; or additional evidence of identification if the State agency or officer or unit of local government reasonably believes that the consular identification document is forged, fraudulent, or altered, or the holder does not appear to be the same person on the consular identification document. Provides that the use by a State agency or officer or a unit of local government of information collected from, or appearing on, a consular identification document is subject to the same privacy and disclosure limitations that apply to the Illinois Identification Card. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | SB 1623 | Illinois SB 1623 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 54 | 2 | 2005-02-23 | 2005-07-29 | openstates | ocd-bill/d2c4943e-c99c-466e-87c9-9ac7ed4b2e0b | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1623&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=19683&SessionID=50&GA=94 | c14a4ba741be6a6853e73306189dff7a028be1eb9540ed9ccd203fe3ea2fbf2a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 1623 (94th) — CONSULAR ID DOCUMENT ACT
Creates the Consular Identification Document Act. Defines "consular identification document" as an official identification card issued by a foreign government through its consular offices to identify a foreign national who is living outside of that nation. Provides that each State agency and officer and unit of local government, when requiring members of the public to provide identification, shall accept a consular identification document as valid identification of a person, with specified exceptions. Provides that a State agency or officer or a unit of local government is not prohibited from requiring: additional information from persons in order to verify a current address or other facts that would enable the State agency or officer or unit of local government to fulfill its responsibilities, with specified exceptions; fingerprints for identification purposes under circumstances where the State agency or officer or unit of local government also requires fingerprints from persons who have a driver's license or Illinois Identification Card; or additional evidence of identification if the State agency or officer or unit of local government reasonably believes that the consular identification document is forged, fraudulent, or altered, or the holder does not appear to be the same person on the consular identification document. Provides that the use by a State agency or officer or a unit of local government of information collected from, or appearing on, a consular identification document is subject to the same privacy and disclosure limitations that apply to the Illinois Identification Card.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 95–10 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 45–13 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Cynthia Soto — cosponsor (person)
- Edward J. Acevedo — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-23 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
filing - 2005-02-23 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-23 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-03-02 Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2005-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Louis S. Viverito
- 2005-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- 2005-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Sullivan
- 2005-03-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- 2005-03-09 Postponed - Judiciary
- 2005-03-09 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr.
- 2005-03-09 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- 2005-03-16 Do Pass Judiciary; 007-002-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
- 2005-04-07 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2005
- 2005-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Sullivan; -Winkel
amendment-introduction - 2005-04-11 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-04-11 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- 2005-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- 2005-04-12 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- 2005-04-13 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
- 2005-04-15 Sponsor Removed Sen. Bill Brady
- 2005-04-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2005-04-15 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-04-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; D. Sullivan-Winkel
amendment-passage - 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2005-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 045-013-001
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-15 Arrived in House
introduction - 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- 2005-04-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-26 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- 2005-04-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- 2005-04-26 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-27 Assigned to Executive Committee
referral-committee - 2005-05-05 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- 2005-05-11 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- 2005-05-12 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- 2005-05-13 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005
- 2005-05-25 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
referral-committee - 2005-05-25 Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- 2005-05-26 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-05-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-26 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle
- 2005-05-26 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-27 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- 2005-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-010-011
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-27 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-24 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-07-29 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-07-29 Effective Date January 1, 2006
- 2005-07-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0389
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2c4943e-c99c-466e-87c9-9ac7ed4b2e0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).