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Bill	CRIM CD-CLOUDING TITLE	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases the penalty for unlawful clouding of title from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony for a first offense, a Class 3 felony for a second offense, a Class 2 felony for a third offense, a Class 1 felony for a fourth offense, and a Class X felony for a fifth or subsequent offense.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 2905	Illinois HB 2905 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	55	3	2013-02-25	2013-07-19	openstates	ocd-bill/88557d15-ce1a-459d-bf90-6206f3b60eda	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2905&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74751&SessionID=85&GA=98	c5f0e18354b24917d9681a5fa7a03444ca52213f3c1d4d527770d29542a6d3fb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2905 (98th) — CRIM CD-CLOUDING TITLE

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases the penalty for unlawful clouding of title from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class 4 felony for a first offense, a Class 3 felony for a second offense, a Class 2 felony for a third offense, a Class 1 felony for a fourth offense, and a Class X felony for a fifth or subsequent offense.

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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 68–42 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 73–44 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Marcus C. Evans, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-25 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang filing
• 2013-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-26 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-06 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-03-07 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Counties & Townships Committee
• 2013-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2013-03-14 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-03-14 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2013-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-04-08 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2013-04-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
• 2013-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2013-04-09 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 068-042-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
• 2013-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2013-04-09 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
• 2013-04-09 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2013-04-09 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2013-04-10 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2013-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2013 reading-1
• 2013-04-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2013-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2013-05-01 To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance
• 2013-05-08 Reported Back To Criminal Law; 003-000-000
• 2013-05-08 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013
• 2013-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon amendment-introduction
• 2013-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2013
• 2013-05-14 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
• 2013-05-15 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 009-000-000
• 2013-05-23 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-05-23 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Harmon amendment-passage
• 2013-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2013-05-23 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-23 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2013-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2013-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
• 2013-05-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2013-05-28 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 073-044-000
• 2013-05-28 House Concurs
• 2013-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-07-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-07-19 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-07-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0098 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88557d15-ce1a-459d-bf90-6206f3b60eda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).