republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-1959.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY-TECH"
description: "Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning property held for the owner by a court or other public officer or entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1959"
citation: "Illinois HB 1959 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2003-02-11"
last_action: "2004-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca83fcc4-529d-496b-8618-38c6cc720a2e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1959&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2753&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "d4571b25ddadcfb672cd02de71856526ae182b50dbb87de8260029d2e476fce6"
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 1959 (93rd) — PROPERTY-TECH

Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning property held for the owner by a court or other public officer or entity.

## 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=09300HB1959&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2753&DocNum=1959&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1959eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2753&DocNum=1959&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1959enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2753&DocNum=1959&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **71–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ricca Slone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Tom Cross `filing`
- **2003-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2003-03-31** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-31** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate ** `reading-2`
- **2003-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2003-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 071-041-005 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2003-05-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-05-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Sponsor Removed Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2004-04-27** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
- **2004-04-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-04-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
- **2004-04-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2004
- **2004-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2004
- **2004-05-05** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-05** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2004-05-06** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ricca Slone
- **2004-05-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2004-05-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
- **2004-05-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2004-05-10** Sponsor Removed Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2004-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Ricca Slone
- **2004-05-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-01** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-01** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 30, 2004
- **2004-06-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-01** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Re-Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-01** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-08** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) July 15, 2004
- **2004-07-09** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2004-07-09** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2004-07-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000
- **2004-07-09** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2004-07-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 095-000-000
- **2004-07-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-07-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-09-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-03** Effective Date September 3, 2004
- **2004-09-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1034 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca83fcc4-529d-496b-8618-38c6cc720a2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).