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Bill	COLLECTION AGENCY-DEBT BUYER	Amends the Collection Agency Act. Defines "charge-off date", "collection agency" or "agency", "debt buyer", and "principal balance" or "charge-off balance". Provides that if a debt buyer commences litigation against a debtor, then the debt buyer shall attach to the complaint an affidavit. Provides that a debt buyer shall be subject to all of the terms, conditions, and requirements of the Act, except that a debt buyer shall not be required to (i) file and maintain in force a surety bond; (ii) maintain a trust account; (iii) procure written authorization to refer the account to an attorney for suit; or (iv) adhere to the assignment for collection criteria. Provides that the Attorney General may enforce against debt buyers specified provisions under the Act as an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5016	Illinois HB 5016 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	63	4	2012-02-07	2012-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/015ac641-63a6-4d63-83f8-ad1c348db82e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5016&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=64973&SessionID=84&GA=97	79ef2f165bbc180b69afe232d549562e751b014e805ed9294657263dd4ad6829	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5016 (97th) — COLLECTION AGENCY-DEBT BUYER

Amends the Collection Agency Act. Defines "charge-off date", "collection agency" or "agency", "debt buyer", and "principal balance" or "charge-off balance". Provides that if a debt buyer commences litigation against a debtor, then the debt buyer shall attach to the complaint an affidavit. Provides that a debt buyer shall be subject to all of the terms, conditions, and requirements of the Act, except that a debt buyer shall not be required to (i) file and maintain in force a surety bond; (ii) maintain a trust account; (iii) procure written authorization to refer the account to an attorney for suit; or (iv) adhere to the assignment for collection criteria. Provides that the Attorney General may enforce against debt buyers specified provisions under the Act as an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. 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

• Concurrence — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 2 — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lou Lang — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang filing
• 2012-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-15 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang amendment-introduction
• 2012-02-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
• 2012-02-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2012-02-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael G. Connelly
• 2012-02-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2012-02-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-02-29 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-001 committee-passage
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-14 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-14 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang amendment-introduction
• 2012-03-16 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
• 2012-03-21 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
• 2012-03-22 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-22 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-22 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 103-000-003 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-26 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2012-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2012-03-30 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-04-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard amendment-introduction
• 2012-04-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2012-04-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-04-25 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard amendment-introduction
• 2012-05-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2012-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
• 2012-05-17 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Dillard amendment-passage
• 2012-05-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2012
• 2012-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-25 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2
• 2012-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Lou Lang
• 2012-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Lou Lang
• 2012-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2012-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2012-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-002
• 2012-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 113-000-002
• 2012-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-24 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1070 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/015ac641-63a6-4d63-83f8-ad1c348db82e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).