republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/sb-2529.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY CD-CORONER'S FEES"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning coroner's fees, increases the fee for autopsy reports, cremation permits, transcripts, toxicology reports, and miscellaneous reports. Provides that a coroner may waive the permit fee to cremate a dead human body if the coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or under other special circumstances. Provides that the fee for an electronic file containing a picture obtained by the coroner shall be the actual cost or $3.00, whichever is greater. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2529"
citation: "Illinois SB 2529 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-12"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/320c9f55-dca6-4d1a-a4b9-819c1202fe6b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2529&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49206&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "c7d9ac16c74e048075f6b95acc2c0374f08c938c1073f7ab8a164c9332eaea57"
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 2529 (96th) — COUNTY CD-CORONER'S FEES

Amends the Counties Code. In provisions concerning coroner's fees, increases the fee for autopsy reports, cremation permits, transcripts, toxicology reports, and miscellaneous reports. Provides that a coroner may waive the permit fee to cremate a dead human body if the coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or under other special circumstances. Provides that the fee for an electronic file containing a picture obtained by the coroner shall be the actual cost or $3.00, whichever is greater. Effective immediately.

## 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=09600SB2529&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49206&DocNum=2529&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2529eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49206&DocNum=2529&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2529enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49206&DocNum=2529&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **69–46** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **35–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Angelo Saviano — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — primary (person)
- Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-12** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2010-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-04** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Postponed - Local Government
- **2010-02-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2010-02-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Local Government
- **2010-02-17** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2010-02-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2010-02-17** Do Pass as Amended Local Government; 007-001-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 18, 2010
- **2010-02-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2010
- **2010-03-11** Third Reading - Passed; 035-017-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2010-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2010-03-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2010-03-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2010-03-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2010-03-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2010-03-18** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2010-03-18** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2010-03-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-046-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-21** Effective Date July 21, 2010
- **2010-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1161 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/320c9f55-dca6-4d1a-a4b9-819c1202fe6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).