republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-5945.md

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Bill	UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS	Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. In the Section concerning immigration services, changes the word "alien" to "undocumented immigrant" or "undocumented immigrants" when "alien" refers to someone not legally admitted to the United States, with regard to the exemption for an organization employing or seeking to employ aliens or nonimmigrant aliens from the requirements in law for providing immigration assistance services.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	HB 5945	Illinois HB 5945 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	51	3	2016-02-11	2016-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/77d8af12-2b58-4324-bade-6b8111078844	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5945&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95435&SessionID=88&GA=99	d215b5a1d7052cbf8848452842fc6af35d52e08ef659e2cddc2955bb0ed63ecb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5945 (99th) — UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. In the Section concerning immigration services, changes the word "alien" to "undocumented immigrant" or "undocumented immigrants" when "alien" refers to someone not legally admitted to the United States, with regard to the exemption for an organization employing or seeking to employ aliens or nonimmigrant aliens from the requirements in law for providing immigration assistance services.

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 — 98–11 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence — 98–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
• Silvana Tabares — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Silvana Tabares filing
• 2016-02-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-02-11 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-03-23 Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee referral-committee
• 2016-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
• 2016-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
• 2016-04-04 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2016-04-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-04-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
• 2016-04-06 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2016-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2016-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-011-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
• 2016-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2016-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
• 2016-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2016-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2016 reading-1
• 2016-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2016-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2016-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2016-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2016-04-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2016-04-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2016-05-04 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2016-05-13 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 27, 2016
• 2016-05-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval amendment-introduction
• 2016-05-19 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2016-05-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
• 2016-05-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2016-05-25 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2016-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2016-05-25 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2016-05-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2016-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 26, 2016
• 2016-05-27 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2016-05-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2016-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2016-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Silvana Tabares
• 2016-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2016-05-29 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
• 2016-05-31 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2016-05-31 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
• 2016-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 098-014-001
• 2016-05-31 House Concurs
• 2016-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2016-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-07-29 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2016-07-29 Effective Date January 1, 2017
• 2016-07-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0679 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77d8af12-2b58-4324-bade-6b8111078844. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).