IL HB 5487
enrolledLAW FIRM OWNERSHIP
Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did IL HB 5487 pass?
Not yet law. IL HB 5487 has passed both chambers and is enrolled, awaiting executive action (signature or veto). Latest recorded action (2026-06-26): Sent to the Governor
What is IL HB 5487 about?
IL HB 5487 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “LAW FIRM OWNERSHIP”.
Who sponsors IL HB 5487?
Michael E. Hastings, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz are the primary sponsors of IL HB 5487, joined by 10 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-18
- Latest action
- 2026-06-26 — Sent to the Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Michael E. Hastingsprimary
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitzprimary
- Mary Beth Cantycosponsor
- Suzanne M. Nesscosponsor
- Will Guzzardicosponsor
- Lilian Jiménezcosponsor
- Diane Blair-Sherlockcosponsor
- Kevin John Olickalcosponsor
- Abdelnasser Rashidcosponsor
- Jay Hoffmancosponsor
- Robert Peterscosponsor
- Emanuel "Chris" Welchcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-26
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-05-31
Passed Both Houses
2026-05-31
House Concurs
2026-05-31
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 House Concurs 075-039-001
2026-05-31
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 075-039-001
2026-05-31
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 075-039-001
2026-05-31
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000
2026-05-31
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000
2026-05-31
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2026-05-30
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
2026-05-30
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
2026-05-30
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
2026-05-30
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2, 3
2026-05-30
Arrived in House
introduction
2026-05-30
Third Reading - Passed; 039-019-000
passage,reading-3
2026-05-30
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Hastings
amendment-passage
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Hastings
amendment-passage
2026-05-30
Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
2026-05-30
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings
amendment-introduction
2026-05-29
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2026-05-29
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 005-003-000
2026-05-28
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
2026-05-28
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
2026-05-28
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings
amendment-introduction
2026-05-22
Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026
2026-05-14
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026
2026-05-14
Second Reading
reading-2
2026-05-06
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026
reading-2
2026-05-06
Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-001-000
2026-05-06
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage
2026-05-06
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
2026-05-05
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2026-05-05
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings
amendment-introduction
2026-04-29
Postponed - Judiciary
2026-04-22
Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee
2026-04-14
Referred to Assignments
2026-04-14
First Reading
reading-1
2026-04-14
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
2026-04-14
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1
2026-04-14
Arrive in Senate
introduction
2026-04-09
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-036-001
passage,reading-3
2026-04-09
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2026-04-09
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
amendment-passage
2026-04-09
Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2026-04-09
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
2026-04-08
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
2026-04-08
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
2026-04-08
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-07
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
2026-04-07
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
amendment-introduction
2026-04-07
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2026-04-07
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
2026-04-07
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2026-04-07
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2026-04-07
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
2026-04-07
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2026-04-07
Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2026-04-07
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
2026-03-25
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2026-03-25
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 020-000-000
2026-03-25
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage
2026-03-19
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2026-03-18
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-18
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
amendment-introduction
2026-03-04
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
referral-committee
2026-02-13
Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-13
First Reading
reading-1
2026-02-06
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Third Reading
2026-03-25 · pass · 20-0
Member-level votes (20)
- Buckner, Kam: yes
- Avelar, Dagmara: yes
- Davis, Jed: yes
- Canty, Mary Beth: yes
- Didech, Daniel: yes
- Delgado, Eva-Dina: yes
- Fritts, Bradley: yes
- Friess, David: yes
- Hoffman, Jay: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
- Jones, Thaddeus: yes
- Jiménez, Lilian: yes
- McLaughlin, Martin: yes
- Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
- Olickal, Kevin John: yes
- Morgan, Bob: yes
- Ugaste, Dan: yes
- Reick, Steven: yes
- Weber, Tom: yes
- Vella, Dave: yes
Third Reading
2026-04-09 · pass · 70-36
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Briel: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Harper: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Canty: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Scherer: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Chung: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Smith: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Stuart: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- DeLaRosa: yes
- Syed: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Vella: yes
- Mason: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Ford: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Niemerg: no
- Haas: no
- Halbrook: no
- Reick: no
- Bunting: no
- Hauter: no
- Cabello: no
- Sanalitro: no
- Schmidt: no
- Schweizer: no
- Coffey: no
- Severin: no
- Sheehan: no
- Jacobs: no
- Sosnowski: no
- Davis, Jed: no
- Spain: no
- Keicher: no
- Stephens: no
- Deering: no
- Swanson: no
- La Ha: no
- Ugaste: no
- Elik: no
- Weaver: no
- McCombie: no
- Weber: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Meier: no
- Friess: no
- Wilhour: no
- Fritts: no
- Miller: no
- Windhorst: no
- Moore: no
- Grant: no
- Croke: other
- Hammond: excused
- Rosenthal: excused
- Hernandez, Lisa: excused
- Huynh: excused
- Johnson: excused
- Davidsmeyer: excused
- Jones: excused
- Kelly: excused
- Delgado: excused
- Tipsword: excused
- Evans: excused
Judiciary
2026-05-06 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Fine, Laura: yes
- Curran, John F: yes
- Harmon, Don: yes
- Halpin, Michael W: yes
- Hills, Darby A: yes
- Hastings, Michael E: yes
- Sims Jr., Elgie R: yes
- Martwick, Robert F: yes
- Tracy, Jil: yes
Judiciary, Amendment 2
2026-05-29 · pass · 5-3
Member-level votes (9)
- Fine, Laura: yes
- Hastings, Michael E: yes
- Halpin, Michael W: yes
- Martwick, Robert F: yes
- Peters, Robert: yes
- Curran, John F: no
- Hills, Darby A: no
- Tracy, Jil: no
- Sims Jr., Elgie R: not voting
Third Reading
2026-05-30 · pass · 39-19
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Aquino: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Fine: yes
- Lightford: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Guzmán: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Ventura: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Harris, N.: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Villa: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Villanueva: yes
- Peters: yes
- Hastings: yes
- Collins: yes
- Villivalam: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Walker: yes
- Porfirio: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Preston: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Edly-Allen: yes
- Jones, E.: yes
- Ellman: yes
- Anderson: no
- Lewis: no
- Arellano, L.: no
- Syverson: no
- Fowler: no
- Balkema: no
- Tracy: no
- Bryant: no
- Turner, S.: no
- McClure: no
- Harriss, E.: no
- Chesney: no
- Plummer: no
- Hills: no
- Curran: no
- Wilcox: no
- DeWitte: no
- Rezin: no
- Rose: no
- Loughran Cappel: not voting
Third Reading
2026-05-31 · pass · 13-7
Member-level votes (20)
- Canty, Mary Beth: yes
- Avelar, Dagmara: yes
- Didech, Daniel: yes
- Jiménez, Lilian: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
- Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
- Olickal, Kevin John: yes
- Morgan, Bob: yes
- Rita, Robert "Bob": yes
- Tarver II, Curtis J: yes
- Vella, Dave: yes
- Williams, Ann M: yes
- West II, Maurice A: yes
- Davis, Jed: no
- Fritts, Bradley: no
- Friess, David: no
- McLaughlin, Martin: no
- Reick, Steven: no
- Ugaste, Dan: no
- Weber, Tom: no
Third Reading, Amendment 2
2026-05-31 · pass · 13-7
Member-level votes (20)
- Canty, Mary Beth: yes
- Avelar, Dagmara: yes
- Didech, Daniel: yes
- Jiménez, Lilian: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
- Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
- Olickal, Kevin John: yes
- Morgan, Bob: yes
- Rita, Robert "Bob": yes
- Tarver II, Curtis J: yes
- Vella, Dave: yes
- Williams, Ann M: yes
- West II, Maurice A: yes
- Davis, Jed: no
- Fritts, Bradley: no
- Friess, David: no
- McLaughlin, Martin: no
- Reick, Steven: no
- Ugaste, Dan: no
- Weber, Tom: no
Third Reading, Amendment 3
2026-05-31 · pass · 13-7
Member-level votes (20)
- Canty, Mary Beth: yes
- Avelar, Dagmara: yes
- Didech, Daniel: yes
- Jiménez, Lilian: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
- Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
- Olickal, Kevin John: yes
- Morgan, Bob: yes
- Rita, Robert "Bob": yes
- Tarver II, Curtis J: yes
- Vella, Dave: yes
- Williams, Ann M: yes
- West II, Maurice A: yes
- Davis, Jed: no
- Fritts, Bradley: no
- Friess, David: no
- McLaughlin, Martin: no
- Reick, Steven: no
- Ugaste, Dan: no
- Weber, Tom: no
Concurrence
2026-05-31 · pass · 75-39
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Briel: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Harper: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Canty: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Scherer: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Chung: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Smith: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Stuart: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- DeLaRosa: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Syed: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Vella: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Evans: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Ford: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Niemerg: no
- Haas: no
- Halbrook: no
- Hammond: no
- Reick: no
- Bunting: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Hauter: no
- Cabello: no
- Sanalitro: no
- Schmidt: no
- Schweizer: no
- Coffey: no
- Severin: no
- Sheehan: no
- Jacobs: no
- Davidsmeyer: no
- Sosnowski: no
- Davis, Jed: no
- Spain: no
- Keicher: no
- Stephens: no
- Deering: no
- Swanson: no
- La Ha: no
- Tipsword: no
- Ugaste: no
- Elik: no
- Weaver: no
- McCombie: no
- Weber: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Meier: no
- Friess: no
- Wilhour: no
- Fritts: no
- Miller: no
- Windhorst: no
- Moore: no
- Croke: other
- Mason: excused
- Grant: excused
- Rita: not voting
Concurrence, Amendment 2
2026-05-31 · pass · 75-39
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Briel: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Harper: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Canty: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Scherer: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Chung: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Smith: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Stuart: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- DeLaRosa: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Syed: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Vella: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Evans: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Ford: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Niemerg: no
- Haas: no
- Halbrook: no
- Hammond: no
- Reick: no
- Bunting: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Hauter: no
- Cabello: no
- Sanalitro: no
- Schmidt: no
- Schweizer: no
- Coffey: no
- Severin: no
- Sheehan: no
- Jacobs: no
- Davidsmeyer: no
- Sosnowski: no
- Davis, Jed: no
- Spain: no
- Keicher: no
- Stephens: no
- Deering: no
- Swanson: no
- La Ha: no
- Tipsword: no
- Ugaste: no
- Elik: no
- Weaver: no
- McCombie: no
- Weber: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Meier: no
- Friess: no
- Wilhour: no
- Fritts: no
- Miller: no
- Windhorst: no
- Moore: no
- Croke: other
- Mason: excused
- Grant: excused
- Rita: not voting
Concurrence, Amendment 3
2026-05-31 · pass · 75-39
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Ammons: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Briel: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Harper: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Canty: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Scherer: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Chung: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Smith: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Stuart: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- DeLaRosa: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Syed: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Manley: yes
- Du Buclet: yes
- Vella: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Evans: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Ford: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Niemerg: no
- Haas: no
- Halbrook: no
- Hammond: no
- Reick: no
- Bunting: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Hauter: no
- Cabello: no
- Sanalitro: no
- Schmidt: no
- Schweizer: no
- Coffey: no
- Severin: no
- Sheehan: no
- Jacobs: no
- Davidsmeyer: no
- Sosnowski: no
- Davis, Jed: no
- Spain: no
- Keicher: no
- Stephens: no
- Deering: no
- Swanson: no
- La Ha: no
- Tipsword: no
- Ugaste: no
- Elik: no
- Weaver: no
- McCombie: no
- Weber: no
- McLaughlin: no
- Meier: no
- Friess: no
- Wilhour: no
- Fritts: no
- Miller: no
- Windhorst: no
- Moore: no
- Croke: other
- Mason: excused
- Grant: excused
- Rita: not voting
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