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type: "Bill"
title: "CIV PRO-FORECLOSE VOL DISMISS"
description: "Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that when a plaintiff voluntarily dismisses a mortgage foreclosure action after a court found that a condominium or community association or another entity has a judgment against the defendant that is junior to the judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, the plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of the foreclosure action shall not apply to the judgment that is junior to the plaintiff's judgment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "Illinois SB 478 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 63
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2008-01-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1ef5c84-cffc-4a5b-a373-5acca19c1379"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=478&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28231&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "540990e6e311b6f74aad9c587488c2563c5c714edfee129b3d350286d08149f9"
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 478 (95th) — CIV PRO-FORECLOSE VOL DISMISS
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that when a plaintiff voluntarily dismisses a mortgage foreclosure action after a court found that a condominium or community association or another entity has a judgment against the defendant that is junior to the judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, the plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of the foreclosure action shall not apply to the judgment that is junior to the plaintiff's judgment.
## 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=09500SB0478&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28231&DocNum=478&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0478eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28231&DocNum=478&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0478enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28231&DocNum=478&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **580** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **7430** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence, Amendment 3 — **560** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `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
- **2007-03-08** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 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`
- **2007-04-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
- **2007-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2007-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Franco Coladipietro `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-18** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
- **2007-06-08** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 15, 2007
- **2007-06-15** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 22, 2007
- **2007-06-22** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 30, 2007
- **2007-06-30** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) July 31, 2007
- **2007-07-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Franco Coladipietro `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-07-24** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) August 4, 2007
- **2007-08-04** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) August 10, 2007
- **2007-08-10** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) August 17, 2007
- **2007-08-17** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) August 24, 2007
- **2007-08-24** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) September 5, 2007
- **2007-09-05** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) October 5, 2007
- **2007-10-01** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Lou Lang
- **2007-10-02** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-10-02** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-10-03** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
- **2007-10-03** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-10-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled `amendment-failure`
- **2007-10-04** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2007-10-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-10-04** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-030-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-10-04** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2007-10-10** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 03
- **2007-10-10** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 03-October 11, 2007
- **2007-10-10** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2007-10-10** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2007-10-10** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-10-10** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2007-10-10** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 007-005-000
- **2007-10-11** House Floor Amendment No. 3 3/5 Vote Required
- **2007-10-11** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 056-000-000
- **2007-10-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-11-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-01-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-01-08** Effective Date January 8, 2008
- **2008-01-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0706 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1ef5c84-cffc-4a5b-a373-5acca19c1379`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).