republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-2585.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "LEGAL NOTICES-ADJACENT COUNTY"
description: "Amends the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Provides that, if notice is required to be published in a newspaper that is published in a particular unit of local government or school district, and if there is no newspaper published in that unit of local government or school district, then the notice may be published in a secular newspaper having general circulation within the unit of local government or school district (currently, those Acts require the newspaper to be published in the county in which the unit of local government or school district is located or in an adjoining county). Provides that the newspaper shall cause the notice to be placed (instead of \"place the notice\") on the statewide website established and maintained as a joint venture of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository for such notices. Amends the Legal Advertising Rate Act. Provides that the face of type of any required public notice shall not be (instead of \"be made shall be not\") smaller than the body type used in the classified advertising in the newspaper in which the required public notice is published."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 2585"
citation: "Illinois HB 2585 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc6f1f04-1cac-4aed-8595-e6f0b654d920"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2585&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=103830&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "91a7fb60b9745e1d3d76a4664a48a0266b1479831bed169d6386850d51a5495a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 2585 (100th) — LEGAL NOTICES-ADJACENT COUNTY

Amends the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Provides that, if notice is required to be published in a newspaper that is published in a particular unit of local government or school district, and if there is no newspaper published in that unit of local government or school district, then the notice may be published in a secular newspaper having general circulation within the unit of local government or school district (currently, those Acts require the newspaper to be published in the county in which the unit of local government or school district is located or in an adjoining county). Provides that the newspaper shall cause the notice to be placed (instead of "place the notice") on the statewide website established and maintained as a joint venture of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository for such notices. Amends the Legal Advertising Rate Act. Provides that the face of type of any required public notice shall not be (instead of "be made shall be not") smaller than the body type used in the classified advertising in the newspaper in which the required public notice is published.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2585&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103830&DocNum=2585&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2585eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103830&DocNum=2585&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB2585enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=103830&DocNum=2585&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anthony DeLuca — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Anthony DeLuca `filing`
- **2017-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-09** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-03-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-002-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 28, 2017 `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2017-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
- **2017-05-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
- **2017-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0072 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc6f1f04-1cac-4aed-8595-e6f0b654d920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).