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type: "Bill"
title: "CLERK CT-ELECTRON CITATION FEE"
description: "Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that each Circuit Court Clerk shall charge and collect an electronic citation fee of $5, which shall be paid by the defendant in any traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision. Provides that 60% of the fee shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund and 40% of the fee shall be disbursed to the arresting agency to defray expenses related to the establishment and maintenance of electronic citations. Contains provisions regarding the administration of and expenditures from the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund. Provides that the Circuit Court Clerk shall not charge and collect an electronic citation fee if the County Board has by ordinance elected not to be subject to the new provisions and provides for the disposition of fees collected before such an ordinance takes effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 3508"
citation: "Illinois SB 3508 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/706de19c-35b6-4ca2-ac08-a2bb0e760745"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3508&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51434&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "380ee2997c77310cb3d4bb48b68a3c151401684496aaea0bf69270315aacb105"
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 3508 (96th) — CLERK CT-ELECTRON CITATION FEE
Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Provides that each Circuit Court Clerk shall charge and collect an electronic citation fee of $5, which shall be paid by the defendant in any traffic, misdemeanor, municipal ordinance, or conservation case upon a judgment of guilty or grant of supervision. Provides that 60% of the fee shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund and 40% of the fee shall be disbursed to the arresting agency to defray expenses related to the establishment and maintenance of electronic citations. Contains provisions regarding the administration of and expenditures from the Circuit Court Clerk Electronic Citation Fund. Provides that the Circuit Court Clerk shall not charge and collect an electronic citation fee if the County Board has by ordinance elected not to be subject to the new provisions and provides for the disposition of fees collected before such an ordinance takes effect.
## 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=09600SB3508&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51434&DocNum=3508&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3508eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51434&DocNum=3508&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3508enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51434&DocNum=3508&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9714** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **487** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brandon W. Phelps — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Reitz — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Haine — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
- **2010-03-04** Do Pass Criminal Law; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010
- **2010-03-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2010
- **2010-03-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2010-03-10** Third Reading - Passed; 048-007-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino
- **2010-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2010-04-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2010-04-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-014-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-22** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1210 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/706de19c-35b6-4ca2-ac08-a2bb0e760745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).