republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-3726.md

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Bill	CIV PRO-REVIVE JUDGMENTS	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a petition to revive a judgment may be filed (instead of that a judgment may be revived) in the seventh year after its entry, in the seventh year after its last revival, or in the twentieth year after its entry (instead of only in the seventh year after its entry or in the seventh year after its last revival), or at any other time (instead of any other time thereafter) within 20 years after its entry if the judgment becomes dormant. Provides that a petition to revive a judgment may be filed no later than 20 years after the date of the judgment (instead of that judgments in a circuit court may be revived within 20 years next after date of entry of the judgment and not after). Eliminates a provision that designated provisions of the Code concerning reversal or dismissal of an action under Article XIII of the Code ("Real Actions") also apply to these provisions. Provides that these provisions are declarative of existing law. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 3726	Illinois HB 3726 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2009-02-25	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/edc648e7-2971-43b5-9a7e-cd85bb47ad3c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3726&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46510&SessionID=76&GA=96	145dc37de3cc04e8531ba1f9bded49d5c600752fd956aad67c11a746cac14d79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3726 (96th) — CIV PRO-REVIVE JUDGMENTS

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a petition to revive a judgment may be filed (instead of that a judgment may be revived) in the seventh year after its entry, in the seventh year after its last revival, or in the twentieth year after its entry (instead of only in the seventh year after its entry or in the seventh year after its last revival), or at any other time (instead of any other time thereafter) within 20 years after its entry if the judgment becomes dormant. Provides that a petition to revive a judgment may be filed no later than 20 years after the date of the judgment (instead of that judgments in a circuit court may be revived within 20 years next after date of entry of the judgment and not after). Eliminates a provision that designated provisions of the Code concerning reversal or dismissal of an action under Article XIII of the Code ("Real Actions") also apply to these provisions. Provides that these provisions are declarative of existing law. Effective immediately.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias filing
• 2009-02-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-25 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-03 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-11 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-14 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2009
• 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0305 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/edc648e7-2971-43b5-9a7e-cd85bb47ad3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).