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type: "Bill"
title: "CNTY CD-HOUSING-RECORDING FEES"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Establishes a $1 per document recording fee for certain filers for any document that affects an interest in real property other than documents which solely affect or relate to an easement for water, sewer, electricity, gas, telephone, or other public service. Provides that $0.50 of the $1 fee shall be deposited into the Recorder's Automation Fund and may not be appropriated or expended for any other purpose. Provides that the additional amounts available to the recorder for expenditure from the Recorder's Automation Fund shall not offset or reduce any other county appropriations or funding for the office of the recorder. Establishes a similar $1 per document recording fee in counties exceeding 1,000,000 for certain filers for any document that affects an interest in real property other than documents which solely affect or relate to an easement for water, sewer, electricity, gas, telephone, or other public service. Provides that $0.50 of the $1 fee shall be deposited into the County Recorder Document Storage System Fund. Reduces the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge for the recordation of any real estate-related document from $10 to $9. Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Adds a legislative finding regarding the negative effects of unaffordable rental rates and persons who benefit from the Rental Housing Support Program including all individuals who record real estate related documents by helping to stabilize real estate values, rental property owners by subsidizing the portion of rent that many of their tenants are unable to pay, individuals who own real estate by providing an option for affordable rental housing should they one day face foreclosure, and tenants who participate in the program by providing them with rental assistance. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 1588"
citation: "Illinois HB 1588 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2013-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25f12246-a224-45e4-9025-630d8da89068"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1588&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=72709&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "58d4a13bbd0b3bbf7dcbc01594b8fd2d227099c1367868b92c91be777491752d"
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 1588 (98th) — CNTY CD-HOUSING-RECORDING FEES
Amends the Counties Code. Establishes a $1 per document recording fee for certain filers for any document that affects an interest in real property other than documents which solely affect or relate to an easement for water, sewer, electricity, gas, telephone, or other public service. Provides that $0.50 of the $1 fee shall be deposited into the Recorder's Automation Fund and may not be appropriated or expended for any other purpose. Provides that the additional amounts available to the recorder for expenditure from the Recorder's Automation Fund shall not offset or reduce any other county appropriations or funding for the office of the recorder. Establishes a similar $1 per document recording fee in counties exceeding 1,000,000 for certain filers for any document that affects an interest in real property other than documents which solely affect or relate to an easement for water, sewer, electricity, gas, telephone, or other public service. Provides that $0.50 of the $1 fee shall be deposited into the County Recorder Document Storage System Fund. Reduces the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge for the recordation of any real estate-related document from $10 to $9. Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Adds a legislative finding regarding the negative effects of unaffordable rental rates and persons who benefit from the Rental Housing Support Program including all individuals who record real estate related documents by helping to stabilize real estate values, rental property owners by subsidizing the portion of rent that many of their tenants are unable to pay, individuals who own real estate by providing an option for affordable rental housing should they one day face foreclosure, and tenants who participate in the program by providing them with rental assistance. 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=09800HB1588&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72709&DocNum=1588&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1588eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72709&DocNum=1588&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB1588enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=72709&DocNum=1588&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1048** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **4013** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie `filing`
- **2013-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-25** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2013-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-03-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-008-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2013-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2013-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 19, 2013
- **2013-03-19** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2013
- **2013-03-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- **2013-03-20** Third Reading - Passed; 040-013-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-03-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-03-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-03-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-03-22** Effective Date March 22, 2013
- **2013-03-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0005 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25f12246-a224-45e4-9025-630d8da89068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).