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Bill	OATHS-OUTSIDE JURISDICTION	Amends the Oaths and Affirmations Act. Removes a provision that limited courts, judges, judicial clerks, county clerks, deputy county clerks, the Secretary of State, notaries public, and persons certified under the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984 to administering oaths and taking affidavits and depositions only in their respective districts, circuits, counties, or jurisdictions.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 62	Illinois SB 62 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2011-01-27	2011-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/59772dc3-8ad2-4ce2-bb4d-b3dcc3ee37ad	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=62&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=54650&SessionID=84&GA=97	b30771b2226a3e9ad02da96eab18606f87599bd8da0b0cbc7809c221344e69e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 62 (97th) — OATHS-OUTSIDE JURISDICTION

Amends the Oaths and Affirmations Act. Removes a provision that limited courts, judges, judicial clerks, county clerks, deputy county clerks, the Secretary of State, notaries public, and persons certified under the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984 to administering oaths and taking affidavits and depositions only in their respective districts, circuits, counties, or jurisdictions.

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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-27 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein filing
• 2011-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-01-27 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-02-09 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2011
• 2011-03-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 3, 2011
• 2011-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-03-30 Arrived in House introduction
• 2011-04-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2011-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2011-04-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2011-04-27 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-05-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-05-04 Passed Both Houses
• 2011-06-02 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2011-06-28 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2011-06-28 Effective Date January 1, 2012
• 2011-06-28 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0036 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59772dc3-8ad2-4ce2-bb4d-b3dcc3ee37ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).