republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-4716.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROPERTY & MOBILE HOME TAXES"
description: "Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that notice of application for judgment and sale of property may, in the alternative, be mailed to the current owner of record (or, as now, to the person shown by the current collector's warrant book to be the party in whose name the taxes were last assessed). Provides that if a personal or corporate check for the payment of taxes is returned unpaid for any reason prior to judgment, the mailed notice of application for judgment and sale may be sent at any time prior to judgment. Amends the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act. Sets forth acceptable forms of payment of the tax imposed by the Act. Amends the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act. Makes changes similar to the changes in the Property Tax Code concerning tax sales of mobile homes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 4716"
citation: "Illinois HB 4716 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-02-04"
last_action: "2004-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb498a97-7a6c-4174-bd39-6c8c4149d662"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4716&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=9360&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "a6cf568b1b3e0f6533d99542961776070e2e1d86d51f7b0693486b82dfacd2d2"
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 4716 (93rd) — PROPERTY & MOBILE HOME TAXES

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that notice of application for judgment and sale of property may, in the alternative, be mailed to the current owner of record (or, as now, to the person shown by the current collector's warrant book to be the party in whose name the taxes were last assessed). Provides that if a personal or corporate check for the payment of taxes is returned unpaid for any reason prior to judgment, the mailed notice of application for judgment and sale may be sent at any time prior to judgment. Amends the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Act. Sets forth acceptable forms of payment of the tax imposed by the Act. Amends the Mobile Home Local Services Tax Enforcement Act. Makes changes similar to the changes in the Property Tax Code concerning tax sales of mobile homes. 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=09300HB4716&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9360&DocNum=4716&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4716eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9360&DocNum=4716&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4716enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=9360&DocNum=4716&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **111–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donald L. Moffitt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `filing`
- **2004-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-26** Assigned to Revenue Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Revenue Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Revenue Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Revenue Committee; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-25** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-26** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 30, 2004 `reading-1`
- **2004-04-08** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Lawrence M. Walsh
- **2004-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** Assigned to Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** Do Pass Revenue; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2004
- **2004-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2004
- **2004-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2004
- **2004-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0899 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb498a97-7a6c-4174-bd39-6c8c4149d662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).