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Bill	COUNTIES CD-CLERKS & RECORDERS	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that if a county board determines members shall be elected by districts, then each district shall be "substantially" equal in population to each other district. Provides that in counties of less than 500,000 inhabitants, the recorder may cause to be microphotographed or otherwise reproduced on electronic method of storage any instrument received in writing by the recorder. Further provides that authorization by the county board is not required for the reproduction of the instruments on film or electronic method of storage. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning County Clerks in counties of the first and second class. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 4962	Illinois HB 4962 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2012-02-03	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/1a1dc76b-0aff-40d5-9dcb-3a112fbe05e7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4962&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64843&SessionID=84&GA=97	4751b9265f54855e3da9c92b9dfdaeaa8b1fddd7d7c2171bf61a01d54d047c3f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4962 (97th) — COUNTIES CD-CLERKS & RECORDERS

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that if a county board determines members shall be elected by districts, then each district shall be "substantially" equal in population to each other district. Provides that in counties of less than 500,000 inhabitants, the recorder may cause to be microphotographed or otherwise reproduced on electronic method of storage any instrument received in writing by the recorder. Further provides that authorization by the county board is not required for the reproduction of the instruments on film or electronic method of storage. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning County Clerks in counties of the first and second class. Effective immediately.

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 — 106–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Frank J. Mautino — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino filing
• 2012-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-15 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-22 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-02-23 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2012-02-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-28 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2012-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Postponed - Local Government
• 2012-04-26 Held in Local Government
• 2012-05-02 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2012
• 2012-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0986 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a1dc76b-0aff-40d5-9dcb-3a112fbe05e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).