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Bill	SOS ACT-PAYMENT PENALTY	Amends the Secretary of State Act. Repeals a provision that authorized the Secretary of State to assess a penalty for fee payments that were dishonored if the total amount due to the Secretary exceeded $100 and was not paid in full within 60 days from the date the fee became due. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 4556	Illinois HB 4556 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2014-02-04	2014-12-31	openstates	ocd-bill/ca737844-11ea-4c57-a358-43c7b8bab6a5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4556&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=79091&SessionID=85&GA=98	08b4ff8ac123345eedc3fd505775c7a5703d429d1b12fee5e08659e523a86fa4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4556 (98th) — SOS ACT-PAYMENT PENALTY

Amends the Secretary of State Act. Repeals a provision that authorized the Secretary of State to assess a penalty for fee payments that were dishonored if the total amount due to the Secretary exceeded $100 and was not paid in full within 60 days from the date the fee became due. 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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike Smiddy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mike Smiddy filing
• 2014-02-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-04 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-03 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-20 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-01 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-02 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2014-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-02 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to State Government and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2014-05-01 Do Pass State Government and Veterans Affairs; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2014
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2014
• 2014-05-23 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2014
• 2014-07-01 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-11-13 Approved for Consideration Assignments
• 2014-11-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 19, 2014
• 2014-11-19 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As December 4, 2014
• 2014-12-04 3/5 Vote Required
• 2014-12-04 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-12-04 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-12-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-12-31 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-12-31 Effective Date December 31, 2014
• 2014-12-31 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1149 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca737844-11ea-4c57-a358-43c7b8bab6a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).