republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/sb-1826.md

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Bill	PROFESSIONS - E SIGNATURE	Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Provides that a municipality may, in the course of exercising any permitting, licensing, or other regulatory function, accept documents with an electronic signature. Makes changes concerning the seal, date, and signature on technical submissions in the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, and the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Provides that when specified professionals have technical submissions that are prepared utilizing a computer or other electronic means, the seal, signature, current date, and date of license expiration may be generated by the computer. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 1826	Illinois SB 1826 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2013-02-15	2013-08-09	openstates	ocd-bill/953b15be-3747-4e46-9826-dccf19a3d512	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1826&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=72750&SessionID=85&GA=98	bc7518bc4b0cb484ce585866036d0cdad094bd597a6f7dba194196280e95cddd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1826 (98th) — PROFESSIONS - E SIGNATURE

Amends the Electronic Commerce Security Act. Provides that a municipality may, in the course of exercising any permitting, licensing, or other regulatory function, accept documents with an electronic signature. Makes changes concerning the seal, date, and signature on technical submissions in the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989, and the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Provides that when specified professionals have technical submissions that are prepared utilizing a computer or other electronic means, the seal, signature, current date, and date of license expiration may be generated by the computer. 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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 114–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emil Jones, III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-15 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, III filing
• 2013-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-02-15 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2013-03-05 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2013-03-05 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2013-03-12 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2013-03-12 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2013-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Emil Jones, III amendment-introduction
• 2013-03-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2013-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2013-03-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2013-03-19 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 20, 2013
• 2013-03-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 10, 2013
• 2013-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2013-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2013-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2013-04-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2013-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2013-05-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2013-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
• 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2013-05-09 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeanne M Ives
• 2013-05-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 reading-3, passage
• 2013-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2013-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-08-09 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2013-08-09 Effective Date January 1, 2014
• 2013-08-09 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0289 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/953b15be-3747-4e46-9826-dccf19a3d512. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).