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Bill	PROP TX-REFUSE CHECKS	Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a county collector may refuse to accept a personal or corporate check (instead of a personal check only) within 45 days (instead of 30 days) before a tax sale or at any time if a previous payment by the same payer was returned by a bank for any reason. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 6125	Illinois HB 6125 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2010-02-11	2010-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/0ff8b7b1-188b-4eef-a905-31f84e5fbd86	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6125&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=52105&SessionID=76&GA=96	7da3996c3805f3d3b58ad0cdee4302108d42c4fa1ba4ddf2b2eb8fb3b7bfe591	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 6125 (96th) — PROP TX-REFUSE CHECKS

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a county collector may refuse to accept a personal or corporate check (instead of a personal check only) within 45 days (instead of 30 days) before a tax sale or at any time if a previous payment by the same payer was returned by a bank for any reason. 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 — 87–6 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jack McGuire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack McGuire filing
• 2010-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-22 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-26 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
• 2010-03-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2010 reading-1
• 2010-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2010-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-04-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-15 Assigned to Revenue referral-committee
• 2010-04-21 Do Pass Revenue; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
• 2010-04-29 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-23 Effective Date July 23, 2010
• 2010-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1250 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ff8b7b1-188b-4eef-a905-31f84e5fbd86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).