republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/99th/hb-5945.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS"
description: "Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. In the Section concerning immigration services, changes the word \"alien\" to \"undocumented immigrant\" or \"undocumented immigrants\" when \"alien\" refers to someone not legally admitted to the United States, with regard to the exemption for an organization employing or seeking to employ aliens or nonimmigrant aliens from the requirements in law for providing immigration assistance services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "HB 5945"
citation: "Illinois HB 5945 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77d8af12-2b58-4324-bade-6b8111078844"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5945&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=95435&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "d215b5a1d7052cbf8848452842fc6af35d52e08ef659e2cddc2955bb0ed63ecb"
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 5945 (99th) — UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. In the Section concerning immigration services, changes the word "alien" to "undocumented immigrant" or "undocumented immigrants" when "alien" refers to someone not legally admitted to the United States, with regard to the exemption for an organization employing or seeking to employ aliens or nonimmigrant aliens from the requirements in law for providing immigration assistance services.

## 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=09900HB5945&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95435&DocNum=5945&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5945eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95435&DocNum=5945&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB5945enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=95435&DocNum=5945&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **98–11** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **98–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melinda Bush — cosponsor (person)
- Silvana Tabares — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Silvana Tabares `filing`
- **2016-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-23** Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-04** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2016-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2016-04-04** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2016-04-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-04-05** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
- **2016-04-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-04-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-011-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2016-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2016-04-07** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2016-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2016-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 12, 2016 `reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2016-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2016-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2016-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2016-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2016-05-13** Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 27, 2016
- **2016-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-05-19** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2016-05-24** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-25** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2016-05-25** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2016-05-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-05-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 26, 2016
- **2016-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-29** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2016-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Silvana Tabares
- **2016-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-29** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-001-000
- **2016-05-31** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2016-05-31** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2016-05-31** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 098-014-001
- **2016-05-31** House Concurs
- **2016-05-31** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-29** Effective Date January 1, 2017
- **2016-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0679 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77d8af12-2b58-4324-bade-6b8111078844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).