republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/hb-3478.md

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Bill	CIV PRO-JUDGMENT-REVIVAL	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if a creditor discovers personal property of the judgment debtor that is subject to the lien of a citation to discover assets, the creditor may have the court impress a lien against a specific item of personal property, including a land trust. Provides that this type of lien survives the termination of the citation proceedings and remains as a lien against the personal property. Provides that if the judgment is revived before dormancy, the lien shall remain. Provides that a lien against personal property may be recorded in the recorder's office or filed pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. Provides that if a statute or case requires or permits a judgment creditor to use the remedy of a charging order, this remedy may be obtained by using an enforcement procedure under the Act and provides that if the court does not otherwise have jurisdiction of the parties, the law relating to the type of enforcement served shall be used to determine issues ancillary to the entry of a charging order such as jurisdiction, liens, and priority of liens. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Modifies provision that states that all claims against an estate are barred 2 years after decedent's death, by adding an exception that states: if the estate is opened 21 months after the date of death or later, a claim must be filed not less than 6 months after the first notice is published or 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery of the required notice, whichever is later.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 3478	Illinois HB 3478 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2011-02-24	2011-08-12	openstates	ocd-bill/13cb56d1-10ad-4d13-bb82-06a09926b4cc	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3478&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60863&SessionID=84&GA=97	292e424e94e5a904ee5bf3b8ff5570edf3afa2ee38200070503f2308e6054854	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 3478 (97th) — CIV PRO-JUDGMENT-REVIVAL

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if a creditor discovers personal property of the judgment debtor that is subject to the lien of a citation to discover assets, the creditor may have the court impress a lien against a specific item of personal property, including a land trust. Provides that this type of lien survives the termination of the citation proceedings and remains as a lien against the personal property. Provides that if the judgment is revived before dormancy, the lien shall remain. Provides that a lien against personal property may be recorded in the recorder's office or filed pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code. Provides that if a statute or case requires or permits a judgment creditor to use the remedy of a charging order, this remedy may be obtained by using an enforcement procedure under the Act and provides that if the court does not otherwise have jurisdiction of the parties, the law relating to the type of enforcement served shall be used to determine issues ancillary to the entry of a charging order such as jurisdiction, liens, and priority of liens. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Modifies provision that states that all claims against an estate are barred 2 years after decedent's death, by adding an exception that states: if the estate is opened 21 months after the date of death or later, a claim must be filed not less than 6 months after the first notice is published or 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery of the required notice, whichever is later.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 105–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Sidney H. Mathias — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-24 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias filing
• 2011-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-10 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-06 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-06 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2011-05-10 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 11, 2011
• 2011-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
• 2011-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-08-12 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-08-12 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-08-12 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0350 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13cb56d1-10ad-4d13-bb82-06a09926b4cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).