republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/97th/sb-3217.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CREDIT UNION-CIVIL UNION"
description: "Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Changes the definition of \"common bond\" to include relatives by civil union. Provides that if a member fails to maintain one fully paid share, the credit union may permit the member to re-subscribe within 30 days after the member failed to maintain one fully paid share. Provides that, if the board of directors of a credit union has adopted a policy addressing age eligibility standards, then the credit union may require that members be at least 18 years of age by the date of the meeting in order to vote at meetings, sign nominating petitions, or sign petitions requesting special meetings and at least 18 years of age by the date of the election or appointment in order to hold elective or appointive office. Provides that a resulting credit union shall be considered the same business and corporate entity as each merging or consolidating credit union or as the converting credit union. Defines \"resulting credit union\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 3217"
citation: "Illinois SB 3217 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3628ff86-b7ff-4b5f-ae68-b4bbaf2f4e09"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3217&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=64251&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "6eb070511b3824f1d58f96d75d39c6ff367d5e5f3e473d869629b133cf8f2dba"
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 3217 (97th) — CREDIT UNION-CIVIL UNION

Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Changes the definition of "common bond" to include relatives by civil union. Provides that if a member fails to maintain one fully paid share, the credit union may permit the member to re-subscribe within 30 days after the member failed to maintain one fully paid share. Provides that, if the board of directors of a credit union has adopted a policy addressing age eligibility standards, then the credit union may require that members be at least 18 years of age by the date of the meeting in order to vote at meetings, sign nominating petitions, or sign petitions requesting special meetings and at least 18 years of age by the date of the election or appointment in order to hold elective or appointive office. Provides that a resulting credit union shall be considered the same business and corporate entity as each merging or consolidating credit union or as the converting credit union. Defines "resulting credit union". Effective immediately.

## 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=09700SB3217&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=64251&DocNum=3217&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3217eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=64251&DocNum=3217&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB3217enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=64251&DocNum=3217&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- David Koehler — primary (person)
- Lou Lang — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-01** Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `filing`
- **2012-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-02-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-07** Assigned to Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-02-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Financial Institutions
- **2012-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-01** Held in Financial Institutions
- **2012-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2012-03-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Financial Institutions
- **2012-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Committee on Financial Institutions `amendment-failure`
- **2012-03-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Do Pass as Amended Financial Institutions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2012
- **2012-03-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2012
- **2012-03-22** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2012-03-22** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-22** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2012-03-23** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2012-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** Assigned to Financial Institutions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2012-04-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
- **2012-04-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Financial Institutions Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-04-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-04-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-05-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-27** Effective Date July 27, 2012
- **2012-07-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0855 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3628ff86-b7ff-4b5f-ae68-b4bbaf2f4e09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).