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type: "Bill"
title: "COOK CNTY-POST UNCASHED CHECKS"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the Cook County Treasurer must post on his or her official website uncashed checks issued in the regular course of county business to Cook County residents. Provides that the checks must be for an amount of $5 or more. Specifies other requirements. Requires that the Cook County Treasurer post the procedure for a person to receive a replacement check. Limits home rule powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 6235"
citation: "Illinois HB 6235 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-11"
last_action: "2010-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d7a84ee-8b98-4e83-bb52-d6ca5362a7ee"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=6235&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=52226&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "9a5259c77d3b157f75bb8474212a23170463ed5c47513401e9fab61d0979479c"
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 6235 (96th) — COOK CNTY-POST UNCASHED CHECKS
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the Cook County Treasurer must post on his or her official website uncashed checks issued in the regular course of county business to Cook County residents. Provides that the checks must be for an amount of $5 or more. Specifies other requirements. Requires that the Cook County Treasurer post the procedure for a person to receive a replacement check. Limits home rule powers.
## 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=09600HB6235&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52226&DocNum=6235&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6235eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52226&DocNum=6235&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB6235enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=52226&DocNum=6235&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **540** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1090** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Harry Osterman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Osterman `filing`
- **2010-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-02** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-11** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `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`
- **2010-04-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2010-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** Do Pass Local Government; 006-000-000 `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** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2010-04-29** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-21** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1159 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d7a84ee-8b98-4e83-bb52-d6ca5362a7ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).