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Bill	MECHANICS LIEN-TIME PERIODS	Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that, to obtain a lien under the Act, the work shall be done or the material furnished: within 3 years from the commencement of the work or the commencement of furnishing the material in the case of work done or material furnished as to owner-occupied residential property; and within 5 years from the commencement of the work or the commencement of furnishing the material in the case of work done or material furnished as to any other type of property. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act become inoperative 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 3792	Illinois SB 3792 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	39	3	2012-02-10	2012-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/26d04f87-1d33-46bb-91c5-260b94d2768a	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3792&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=65889&SessionID=84&GA=97	eb252dbe57c28f102990ed54d90f583033acd6199aca698932008d109319d033	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3792 (97th) — MECHANICS LIEN-TIME PERIODS

Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that, to obtain a lien under the Act, the work shall be done or the material furnished: within 3 years from the commencement of the work or the commencement of furnishing the material in the case of work done or material furnished as to owner-occupied residential property; and within 5 years from the commencement of the work or the commencement of furnishing the material in the case of work done or material furnished as to any other type of property. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act become inoperative 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-10 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff filing
• 2012-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-10 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-02-24 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2012
• 2012-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2012
• 2012-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-30 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2012-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-04-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon amendment-introduction
• 2012-04-20 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
• 2012-05-02 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2012-05-02 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-05-25 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2012
• 2012-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
• 2012-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2012-05-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-28 Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
• 2012-05-28 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 29, 2012
• 2012-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Pamela J. Althoff filing
• 2012-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Licensed Activities referral-committee
• 2012-05-29 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 009-000-000
• 2012-05-30 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 054-000-001
• 2012-05-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0966 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26d04f87-1d33-46bb-91c5-260b94d2768a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).