republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/95th/sb-461.md

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Bill	PROP TX-TAX DEEDS	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that relief from an order for a tax deed may be had under certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning motions after judgment in nonjury cases. Provides that notice of the expiration of the period of redemption must be served upon certain owners and parties interested in the property in the manner set forth under certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (now, personal service). Requires the court to enter orders to place the tax-deed grantee's successor in interest in possession of the property and authorizes the court to grant other relief to maintain the successor in interest in possession. Provides that the notice of the expiration of the period of redemption may not be served more than 6 months (now, 5 months) before the expiration of the period of redemption. Provides that the changes concerning post-judgment motions and the changes concerning the possession by the tax-deed grantee's successor in interest must be construed as being declarative of existing law and not as a new enactment.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 461	Illinois SB 461 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2007-02-08	2007-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/e733ab18-3fe7-4f01-b77d-a7586d2088b5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=461&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28213&SessionID=51&GA=95	e6687654c8d1a52deb9e1927e3db95417ac4e99f04463757d3f7306070a8c25f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 461 (95th) — PROP TX-TAX DEEDS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that relief from an order for a tax deed may be had under certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning motions after judgment in nonjury cases. Provides that notice of the expiration of the period of redemption must be served upon certain owners and parties interested in the property in the manner set forth under certain provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure (now, personal service). Requires the court to enter orders to place the tax-deed grantee's successor in interest in possession of the property and authorizes the court to grant other relief to maintain the successor in interest in possession. Provides that the notice of the expiration of the period of redemption may not be served more than 6 months (now, 5 months) before the expiration of the period of redemption. Provides that the changes concerning post-judgment motions and the changes concerning the possession by the tax-deed grantee's successor in interest must be construed as being declarative of existing law and not as a new enactment.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2007-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-02-21 Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law referral-committee
• 2007-03-01 Held in Judiciary Civil Law
• 2007-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-06 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
• 2007-03-08 Held in Judiciary Civil Law
• 2007-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2007-03-14 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary Civil Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
• 2007-03-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
• 2007-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-30 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-25 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2007-04-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-04-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Revenue Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-10 Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Revenue Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2007-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-31 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
• 2007-06-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-06-01 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-27 Effective Date June 1, 2008
• 2007-08-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0477 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e733ab18-3fe7-4f01-b77d-a7586d2088b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).