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type: "Bill"
title: "BUS CORP-CORPORATE NAME"
description: "Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983 and the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that the Secretary of State shall not allow another corporation to use the name of a domestic corporation that has been administratively dissolved until the end of the 5-year reinstatement period. Provides that if the domestic corporation that has been administratively dissolved is reinstated within the 5-year period of reinstatement, the domestic corporation shall continue under its previous name without impacting its continuous legal status, unless the corporation petitions to change its name upon reinstatement. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 1435"
citation: "Illinois SB 1435 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe4a6f65-dd25-43ac-8d46-95ef0c883019"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1435&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=29524&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "354848e8cbd62cfc4df74710159fd73e034243400bb5b92560902aa6ec04d9ec"
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 SB 1435 (95th) — BUS CORP-CORPORATE NAME
Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983 and the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that the Secretary of State shall not allow another corporation to use the name of a domestic corporation that has been administratively dissolved until the end of the 5-year reinstatement period. Provides that if the domestic corporation that has been administratively dissolved is reinstated within the 5-year period of reinstatement, the domestic corporation shall continue under its previous name without impacting its continuous legal status, unless the corporation petitions to change its name upon reinstatement. Effective immediately.
## 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=09500SB1435&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29524&DocNum=1435&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1435eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29524&DocNum=1435&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB1435enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=29524&DocNum=1435&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mattie Hunter — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `filing`
- **2007-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-28** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2007-03-01** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-03-08** Held in Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- **2007-03-30** Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007 `reading-3`
- **2007-05-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Civil Law
- **2007-05-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Civil Law; 006-000-003
- **2007-05-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2007-05-10** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Hunter `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2007-05-10** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-05-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2007-05-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-18** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-18** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
- **2007-05-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 008-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-25** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-28** Effective Date August 28, 2007
- **2007-08-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0507 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe4a6f65-dd25-43ac-8d46-95ef0c883019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).