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Bill	UNIFORM ARBITRATION-RULES	Amends the Uniform Arbitration Act. Provides that rules applicable to the dispute include deciding the dispute in accordance with rules of law chosen by the parties, but if none is chosen, the arbitrators shall apply the law under conflict of law rules considered applicable by the arbitrators. Provides that the decision shall be made according to the strict rules of law, unless another standard is authorized by the parties. Provides that the decision shall be based upon the contract and shall take into account usages of the trade applicable to the transaction.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5888	Illinois HB 5888 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	46	3	2010-02-10	2010-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3a3f2e25-0320-4de6-a709-94e41ff5a262	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5888&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51548&SessionID=76&GA=96	0e998f0e954cd47385a0b3fed4f2eb5288e7d1a3adcbf9ce2906beea32bd7701	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5888 (96th) — UNIFORM ARBITRATION-RULES

Amends the Uniform Arbitration Act. Provides that rules applicable to the dispute include deciding the dispute in accordance with rules of law chosen by the parties, but if none is chosen, the arbitrators shall apply the law under conflict of law rules considered applicable by the arbitrators. Provides that the decision shall be made according to the strict rules of law, unless another standard is authorized by the parties. Provides that the decision shall be based upon the contract and shall take into account usages of the trade applicable to the transaction.

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

• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2010-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-16 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-02 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-10 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 11, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-03-11 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2010-03-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-11 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2010-04-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard amendment-introduction
• 2010-04-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2010-04-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2010-04-14 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2010-04-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2010-04-20 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2010
• 2010-04-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard amendment-introduction
• 2010-04-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2010-04-29 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-29 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 30, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
• 2010-04-30 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-30 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Dillard amendment-passage
• 2010-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2010
• 2010-05-04 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-05-04 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2010-05-04 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2
• 2010-05-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2010-05-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-05-06 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2010-05-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 112-000-000
• 2010-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-08-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-08-23 Effective Date January 1, 2011
• 2010-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1476 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a3f2e25-0320-4de6-a709-94e41ff5a262. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).