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Bill	MECHANICS LIENS-SUBORDINATION	Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that an agreement to subordinate a lien under the Act where the agreement is in anticipation of and in consideration for the awarding of a contract or subcontract, either express or implied, to perform work or supply materials for an improvement upon real property is against public policy and unenforceable. Deletes language providing that certain subordination provisions of contracts is not binding on the subcontractor unless set forth in its entirety in writing in the contract between the contractor and subcontractor or material supplier. Makes corresponding changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 3023	Illinois SB 3023 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	44	2	2014-02-07	2014-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/0ee3ab29-8d6e-4026-af18-477b95cb55db	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3023&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79314&SessionID=85&GA=98	8242def788582de98c57c6cf44b393bbcd09a7302eb3e82960104dd5a9fccbe0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 3023 (98th) — MECHANICS LIENS-SUBORDINATION

Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that an agreement to subordinate a lien under the Act where the agreement is in anticipation of and in consideration for the awarding of a contract or subcontract, either express or implied, to perform work or supply materials for an improvement upon real property is against public policy and unenforceable. Deletes language providing that certain subordination provisions of contracts is not binding on the subcontractor unless set forth in its entirety in writing in the contract between the contractor and subcontractor or material supplier. Makes corresponding changes.

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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John G. Mulroe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-07 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe filing
• 2014-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-18 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2014-02-19 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-02-26 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-002-001 committee-passage
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2014
• 2014-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2014-04-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2014-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-04 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2014-04-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2014-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2014-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2014-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 011-000-000
• 2014-04-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-04-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Mulroe amendment-passage
• 2014-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 9, 2014
• 2014-04-09 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2014-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2014-04-10 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-04-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly Burke
• 2014-04-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-28 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-05-07 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-13 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
• 2014-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-05-20 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2014-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-16 Effective Date July 16, 2014
• 2014-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0764 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ee3ab29-8d6e-4026-af18-477b95cb55db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).