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Bill	PUBL CONSTRUCT-RIGHT OF ACTION	Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Provides that a subcontractor with a claim for labor and material furnished to a political subdivision of the State shall have no right of action unless it has filed notice with the Clerk or Secretary of the political subdivision and with the contractor. In a sentence setting forth the required contents of the claim, provides that a description of the contract, the work done by the subcontractor, and the total amount due and unpaid shall be included. Provides that no action shall be brought later than one year after the date of the furnishing of the last item of work or materials by the subcontractor.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1226	Illinois HB 1226 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2011-02-08	2011-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/54adfa17-bf02-4bf9-8696-e612460fa700	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1226&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=57186&SessionID=84&GA=97	9fe7f71e85354371f40a90beda136d5c52975bc67e4d9c9c2b7689bdd5c7c56f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1226 (97th) — PUBL CONSTRUCT-RIGHT OF ACTION

Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Provides that a subcontractor with a claim for labor and material furnished to a political subdivision of the State shall have no right of action unless it has filed notice with the Clerk or Secretary of the political subdivision and with the contractor. In a sentence setting forth the required contents of the claim, provides that a description of the contract, the work done by the subcontractor, and the total amount due and unpaid shall be included. Provides that no action shall be brought later than one year after the date of the furnishing of the last item of work or materials by the subcontractor.

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 — 68–35 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 48–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael J. Zalewski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski filing
• 2011-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-08 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-14 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-05 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 068-035-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2011 reading-1
• 2011-05-04 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
• 2011-05-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-05-05 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-05-19 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2011-05-19 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2011
• 2011-05-25 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 25, 2011
• 2011-05-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 26, 2011
• 2011-05-27 Third Reading - Passed; 048-004-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-22 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0487 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54adfa17-bf02-4bf9-8696-e612460fa700. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).