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type: "Bill"
title: "PUB AID-JUDGMENTS-COLLECTION"
description: "Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Exempts the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services from the requirements of the Act in regard to financial aid or health care benefits debts. Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that upon entry of a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction for repayment of any financial aid or health care benefits obtained by a person under the Code or under any Act administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department of Human Services for which that person was not eligible to receive, the Departments shall have the sole authority to let contracts with persons specializing in debt collection for the collection of the judgment amount. Provides that contracts shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding in accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code and shall be awarded with reasonable promptness by written notice to the responsible and responsive bidder who bids the lowest contingency fee percentage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 1077"
citation: "Illinois HB 1077 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-03"
last_action: "2011-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d8757ef-e2ab-4b3f-bc0a-608637cfc289"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1077&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=56877&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "912ae102e2b3170890b867a270ff4e2339c11fcc54b59bf949c148fa91e94b52"
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 1077 (97th) — PUB AID-JUDGMENTS-COLLECTION
Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Exempts the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services from the requirements of the Act in regard to financial aid or health care benefits debts. Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that upon entry of a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction for repayment of any financial aid or health care benefits obtained by a person under the Code or under any Act administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department of Human Services for which that person was not eligible to receive, the Departments shall have the sole authority to let contracts with persons specializing in debt collection for the collection of the judgment amount. Provides that contracts shall be awarded by competitive sealed bidding in accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code and shall be awarded with reasonable promptness by written notice to the responsible and responsive bidder who bids the lowest contingency fee percentage.
## 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=09700HB1077&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=56877&DocNum=1077&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1077eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=56877&DocNum=1077&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1077enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=56877&DocNum=1077&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1050** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chad Hays — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-03** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chapin Rose `filing`
- **2011-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-03** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Chapin Rose `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-03-07** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee
- **2011-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-28** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Chad Hays
- **2011-03-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2011-04-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2011-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 7, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
- **2011-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-08** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-28** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d8757ef-e2ab-4b3f-bc0a-608637cfc289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).