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Bill	CIR CLERK-ELECTRONIC NOTICE	Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that when the circuit clerk is required to provide notice to a party, and the party has registered an electronic address with the circuit clerk, the circuit clerk may provide the notice via the electronic address. Provides that the circuit clerk shall maintain a copy of the electronic content and a delivery receipt in his or her records. Provides that electronic notices shall have the same effect as a hard copy notice. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5381	Illinois HB 5381 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	44	2	2010-02-04	2010-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/9d989c0f-f71c-409c-8054-2a7dc189750c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5381&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50415&SessionID=76&GA=96	5d17fae772a796de5de38369a17b0669c49e2312ef79427ff75994da9a3525db	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5381 (96th) — CIR CLERK-ELECTRONIC NOTICE

Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that when the circuit clerk is required to provide notice to a party, and the party has registered an electronic address with the circuit clerk, the circuit clerk may provide the notice via the electronic address. Provides that the circuit clerk shall maintain a copy of the electronic content and a delivery receipt in his or her records. Provides that electronic notices shall have the same effect as a hard copy notice. 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 — 113–2 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dennis M. Reboletti — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti filing
• 2010-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-22 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
• 2010-03-10 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-001-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-16 Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2010-03-16 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2010-03-16 Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2010-03-16 Judicial Note Requested by Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2010-03-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-18 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-18 Fiscal Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2010-03-18 Balanced Budget Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2010-03-18 Judicial Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2010-03-22 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-03-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-22 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-24 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-24 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-24 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-24 State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested - Withdrawn by Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2010-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2010-03-25 Judicial Note Filed from the Supreme Court of Illinois, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts.
• 2010-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-04-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2010-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-13 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2010-04-20 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-02 Effective Date July 2, 2010
• 2010-07-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0971 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d989c0f-f71c-409c-8054-2a7dc189750c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).