The legislation was introduced in bill HB88 on Dec. 10, 2018, when Rep. Michael J. Madigan (D-22) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Code of Civil Procedure" and "make a technical change in a section concerning construction of the Code".
After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on April 11, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 21. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 29. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB88.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/10/2018 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan |
| 1/9/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/9/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 2/6/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-005-000 |
| 2/7/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** |
| 3/28/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 3/28/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/2/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/3/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/3/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 4/4/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 4/8/2019 | House | Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst |
| 4/10/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 4/10/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted |
| 4/10/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Judiciary |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 |
| 6/19/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/29/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0168 |
| 7/29/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 7/29/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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