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Bill	WEIGHTS AND MEASURES	Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides that weights and measures or weighing and measuring devices used for commercial or law enforcement purposes must have a Certificate of Conformance or have been certified by the Department or the city sealer on or before July 1, 2012. Provides that any apparatus certified by the Department or city sealer as of July 1, 2012 satisfies construction and installation requirements. Provides that the Department shall furnish an identification plate for registration and tracking purposes for any type of weight or measure or weighing or measuring device is impracticable to mark as required by the Act. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2273	Illinois HB 2273 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2013-02-19	2013-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/d7790993-be09-4388-8c03-4c0446a09f13	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2273&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74051&SessionID=85&GA=98	a398ce9bde6d2b980ddbdc8848e51e36a2a3971179ea6ad68bd219468f5b8249	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2273 (98th) — WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides that weights and measures or weighing and measuring devices used for commercial or law enforcement purposes must have a Certificate of Conformance or have been certified by the Department or the city sealer on or before July 1, 2012. Provides that any apparatus certified by the Department or city sealer as of July 1, 2012 satisfies construction and installation requirements. Provides that the Department shall furnish an identification plate for registration and tracking purposes for any type of weight or measure or weighing or measuring device is impracticable to mark as required by the 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

• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patrick J. Verschoore — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore filing
• 2013-02-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond
• 2013-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-02-25 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-15 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2013-03-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-03-22 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
• 2013-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2013-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan
• 2013-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2013-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 17, 2013
• 2013-04-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-04-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2013
• 2013-05-16 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2013-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-13 Effective Date August 13, 2013
• 2013-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0342 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7790993-be09-4388-8c03-4c0446a09f13. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).