republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-1285.md

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Bill	BUS CORP-NON PROFIT-PROXIES	Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that voting members or their proxies, belonging to a not-for-profit corporation, may conduct elections for directors, officers, or representatives by mail, email, or other electronic means if the corporation's bylaws so provide (instead of conducting elections for directors and officers exclusively by first-class mail only).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1285	Illinois SB 1285 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	35	3	2009-02-10	2009-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/1c470e18-726f-49c9-a1c0-1331e9f7b9eb	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1285&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42280&SessionID=76&GA=96	5b3fb355516c6137f0b9db5f69df1c3923cbce6601b6c8aa4b9cc89f1d243b6c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1285 (96th) — BUS CORP-NON PROFIT-PROXIES

Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that voting members or their proxies, belonging to a not-for-profit corporation, may conduct elections for directors, officers, or representatives by mail, email, or other electronic means if the corporation's bylaws so provide (instead of conducting elections for directors and officers exclusively by first-class mail only).

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Linda Holmes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2009-02-25 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2009-03-05 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2009
• 2009-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
• 2009-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2009-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2009-04-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-04-30 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-15 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2009-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 17, 2009
• 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Linda Holmes filing
• 2009-05-26 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-05-27 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2009-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 007-000-000
• 2009-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000
• 2009-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-24 Effective Date October 1, 2009
• 2009-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0648 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c470e18-726f-49c9-a1c0-1331e9f7b9eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).