republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/sb-2111.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW-PARTIES"
description: "Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that each final order must contain the name and the address of all parties of record to be named as defendants in judicial review. Amends the Administrative Review Law of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the Administrative Review Law shall be liberally construed in the interests of justice to grant an orderly method of judicial review of administrative agency decisions. Changes provisions regarding amendment of a complaint to allow the addition as a party of any person or entity whom the court finds to have been a party to the administrative hearing that is the subject of review who was not otherwise named in the original complaint; also provides that the new party or parties must be added within 35 days after the court makes such a finding. Provides that, except as otherwise provided, in an action to review a final decision of an administrative agency, the administrative agency and all persons, other than the plaintiff or petitioner, who were identified in the final order as parties of record to the proceedings before the administrative agency shall be made defendants or respondents and may be served with summons at the address listed for each such party in the final written decision of the agency; also deletes certain language regarding naming of, and service upon, an unnamed party as a defendant or respondent. Contains applicability provisions. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2111"
citation: "Illinois SB 2111 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b945a1e2-87c6-4c12-83e4-1835869f145b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2111&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=35791&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "94663a212bcfddb87d75536dee234e502c6a87b72d560eeb54a20f6503b508fc"
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 SB 2111 (95th) — ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW-PARTIES

Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that each final order must contain the name and the address of all parties of record to be named as defendants in judicial review. Amends the Administrative Review Law of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the Administrative Review Law shall be liberally construed in the interests of justice to grant an orderly method of judicial review of administrative agency decisions. Changes provisions regarding amendment of a complaint to allow the addition as a party of any person or entity whom the court finds to have been a party to the administrative hearing that is the subject of review who was not otherwise named in the original complaint; also provides that the new party or parties must be added within 35 days after the court makes such a finding. Provides that, except as otherwise provided, in an action to review a final decision of an administrative agency, the administrative agency and all persons, other than the plaintiff or petitioner, who were identified in the final order as parties of record to the proceedings before the administrative agency shall be made defendants or respondents and may be served with summons at the address listed for each such party in the final written decision of the agency; also deletes certain language regarding naming of, and service upon, an unnamed party as a defendant or respondent. Contains applicability provisions. 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=09500SB2111&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35791&DocNum=2111&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2111eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35791&DocNum=2111&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2111enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35791&DocNum=2111&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. J. Wilhelmi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-14** Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `filing`
- **2008-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-13** Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 1, 2008
- **2008-04-01** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 2, 2008
- **2008-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
- **2008-04-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 010-000-000
- **2008-04-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2008-04-16** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-04-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Wilhelmi `amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2008-04-16** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-17** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2008-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-24** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2008-04-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-09** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
- **2008-05-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2008
- **2008-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0831 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b945a1e2-87c6-4c12-83e4-1835869f145b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).