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type: "Bill"
title: "CORPORATIONS-NO CERTIFICATE"
description: "Amends the Library Incorporation Act, the State Housing Act, the Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation Law, the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, the Co-operative Act, and the Cemetery Association Act. Eliminates the term \"certificate\" in the various acts. In the amendatory changes to the Co-operative Act, eliminates language requiring the Secretary of State to issue a certificate of incorporation along with a duplicate copy to an incorporator whose articles of incorporation conform to law, and instead provides that the Secretary of State shall return a true copy of the articles of incorporation to the incorporators or their representative, who shall within 15 days file such document for record in the office of the recorder. Updates references in the State Housing Act to the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 (rather than the General Not For Profit Corporation Act). Effective January 1, 2010."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1389"
citation: "Illinois SB 1389 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56537fcc-d1f3-42ea-85d7-e990aec98b58"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1389&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42638&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "2d97175ad8bb1c45984bcc1ee38f8fe6ec56406c441260ef7dc1447116172368"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 1389 (96th) — CORPORATIONS-NO CERTIFICATE
Amends the Library Incorporation Act, the State Housing Act, the Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation Law, the Business Corporation Act of 1983, the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986, the Co-operative Act, and the Cemetery Association Act. Eliminates the term "certificate" in the various acts. In the amendatory changes to the Co-operative Act, eliminates language requiring the Secretary of State to issue a certificate of incorporation along with a duplicate copy to an incorporator whose articles of incorporation conform to law, and instead provides that the Secretary of State shall return a true copy of the articles of incorporation to the incorporators or their representative, who shall within 15 days file such document for record in the office of the recorder. Updates references in the State Housing Act to the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 (rather than the General Not For Profit Corporation Act). Effective January 1, 2010.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1389&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42638&DocNum=1389&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1389eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42638&DocNum=1389&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1389enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42638&DocNum=1389&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- A. J. Wilhelmi — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-11** Filed with Secretary by Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi `filing`
- **2009-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-11** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 26, 2009
- **2009-02-27** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-02-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 4, 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. Elaine Nekritz
- **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`
- **2009-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0066 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56537fcc-d1f3-42ea-85d7-e990aec98b58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).