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type: "Bill"
title: "PROP TX-REFUSE CHECKS"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a county collector may refuse to accept a personal or corporate check (instead of a personal check only) within 45 days (instead of 30 days) before a tax sale or at any time if a previous payment by the same payer was returned by a bank for any reason. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 6125"
citation: "Illinois HB 6125 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-11"
last_action: "2010-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ff8b7b1-188b-4eef-a905-31f84e5fbd86"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6125&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=52105&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7da3996c3805f3d3b58ad0cdee4302108d42c4fa1ba4ddf2b2eb8fb3b7bfe591"
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 6125 (96th) — PROP TX-REFUSE CHECKS
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a county collector may refuse to accept a personal or corporate check (instead of a personal check only) within 45 days (instead of 30 days) before a tax sale or at any time if a previous payment by the same payer was returned by a bank for any reason. 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=09600HB6125&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52105&DocNum=6125&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6125eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52105&DocNum=6125&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6125enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52105&DocNum=6125&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **876** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jack McGuire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack McGuire `filing`
- **2010-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2010-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 087-006-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 13, 2010 `reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- **2010-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** Do Pass Revenue; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-23** Effective Date July 23, 2010
- **2010-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1250 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ff8b7b1-188b-4eef-a905-31f84e5fbd86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).