IL SB 2044
enactedWEB-BASED SIGNATURES ACT
Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did IL SB 2044 pass?
Yes. IL SB 2044 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-08-15): Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0406
What is IL SB 2044 about?
IL SB 2044 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “WEB-BASED SIGNATURES ACT”.
Who sponsors IL SB 2044?
Jason R. Bunting, Chris Balkema are the primary sponsors of IL SB 2044, joined by 21 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-20
- Latest action
- 2025-08-15 — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0406
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Jason R. Buntingprimary
- Chris Balkemaprimary
- Sally J. Turnercosponsor
- Neil Andersoncosponsor
- Erica Harrisscosponsor
- Rachel Venturacosponsor
- Seth Lewiscosponsor
- Andrew S. Chesneycosponsor
- Craig Wilcoxcosponsor
- Dale Fowlercosponsor
- Jason Plummercosponsor
- Napoleon Harris IIIcosponsor
- Anthony DeLucacosponsor
- Martha Deutercosponsor
- Daniel Didechcosponsor
- Maurice A. West, IIcosponsor
- Matt Hansoncosponsor
- Dave Severincosponsor
- William E Hautercosponsor
- Patrick Sheehancosponsor
- Brandun Schweizercosponsor
- Dennis Tipswordcosponsor
- Li Arellano, Jr.cosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-08-15
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0406
became-law
2025-08-15
Effective Date January 1, 2026
2025-08-15
Governor Approved
executive-signature
2025-06-27
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-31
Passed Both Houses
2025-05-31
Senate Concurs
2025-05-31
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
2025-05-31
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
2025-05-28
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
2025-05-28
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
2025-05-27
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive
2025-05-27
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive
2025-05-27
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
2025-05-27
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Chris Balkema
filing
2025-05-27
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
2025-05-27
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Chris Balkema
filing
2025-05-26
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - May 27, 2025
2025-05-26
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2
2025-05-23
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis Tipsword
2025-05-23
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
2025-05-23
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
2025-05-23
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William E Hauter
2025-05-23
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
2025-05-23
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000
passage,reading-3
2025-05-23
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2025-05-23
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-05-23
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-05-23
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 009-000-000
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-21
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
2025-05-20
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
2025-05-20
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jason R. Bunting
amendment-introduction
2025-05-16
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-05-16
Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-05-14
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson
2025-05-14
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
2025-05-13
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Cities & Villages Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-13
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Cities & Villages Committee
2025-05-07
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
2025-05-07
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2025-05-07
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jason R. Bunting
amendment-introduction
2025-05-07
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
reading-2
2025-05-07
Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 008-000-000
2025-04-29
Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter
2025-04-29
Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
2025-04-17
Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee
referral-committee
2025-04-09
Referred to Rules Committee
2025-04-09
First Reading
reading-1
2025-04-09
Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jason R. Bunting
2025-04-09
Arrived in House
introduction
2025-04-09
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris III
2025-04-09
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
2025-04-09
Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
passage,reading-3
2025-04-04
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
2025-04-04
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
2025-04-04
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2025
2025-04-04
Second Reading
reading-2
2025-04-03
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 4, 2025
reading-2
2025-04-03
Do Pass as Amended Executive; 013-000-000
2025-04-03
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage
2025-04-03
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Craig Wilcox
2025-04-03
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
2025-04-03
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Seth Lewis
2025-04-03
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
2025-04-03
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
2025-04-01
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
2025-03-21
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2025
2025-03-20
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2025-03-20
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Balkema
amendment-introduction
2025-03-18
Assigned to Executive
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss
2025-03-06
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
2025-03-06
Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
2025-02-06
Referred to Assignments
2025-02-06
First Reading
reading-1
2025-02-06
Filed with Secretary by Sen. Chris Balkema
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
Executive
2025-04-03 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Castro, Cristina: yes
- Anderson, Neil: yes
- Curran, John F: yes
- Cunningham, Bill: yes
- Harris III, Napoleon: yes
- Harmon, Don: yes
- Koehler, David: yes
- Holmes, Linda: yes
- Murphy, Laura M: yes
- Sims Jr., Elgie R: yes
- Rezin, Sue: yes
- Tracy, Jil: yes
- Lightford, Kimberly A: not voting
Third Reading
2025-04-09 · pass · 56-0
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Fine: yes
- Arellano, L.: yes
- Syverson: yes
- Lightford: yes
- Fowler: yes
- Balkema: yes
- Tracy: yes
- Loughran Cappel: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Guzmán: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Turner, S.: yes
- McClure: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Ventura: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Harris, N.: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Villa: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Harriss, E.: yes
- Chesney: yes
- Villanueva: yes
- Peters: yes
- Hastings: yes
- Collins: yes
- Villivalam: yes
- Plummer: yes
- Hills: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Walker: yes
- Porfirio: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Curran: yes
- Wilcox: yes
- Preston: yes
- DeWitte: yes
- Rezin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Edly-Allen: yes
- Rose: yes
- Ellman: yes
- Aquino: not voting
- Hunter: not voting
- Jones, E.: not voting
Cities & Villages
2025-05-07 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (11)
- DeLuca, Anthony: yes
- Coffey Jr., Michael J: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Hoffman, Jay: yes
- Reick, Steven: yes
- Sosnowski, Joe C: yes
- Smith, Nicholas K: yes
- West II, Maurice A: yes
- Deuter, Martha: not voting
- McLaughlin, Martin: not voting
- Moylan, Martin J: not voting
Cities & Villages, Amendment 1
2025-05-13 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Deuter, Martha: yes
- DeLuca, Anthony: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Hanson, Matt: yes
- McLaughlin, Martin: yes
- Stephens, Brad: yes
- West II, Maurice A: yes
- Moylan, Martin J: not voting
- Smith, Nicholas K: not voting
- Reick, Steven: not voting
- Sosnowski, Joe C: not voting
Cities & Villages, Amendment 2
2025-05-23 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Deuter, Martha: yes
- DeLuca, Anthony: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Hanson, Matt: yes
- Smith, Nicholas K: yes
- Reick, Steven: yes
- Stephens, Brad: yes
- Sosnowski, Joe C: yes
- West II, Maurice A: yes
- Moylan, Martin J: not voting
- McLaughlin, Martin: not voting
Third Reading
2025-05-23 · pass · 108-0
Member-level votes (117)
- Mussman: yes
- Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
- Ness: yes
- Guzzardi: yes
- Niemerg: yes
- Haas: yes
- Avelar: yes
- Olickal: yes
- Halbrook: yes
- Benton: yes
- Ortíz, Aarón: yes
- Hammond: yes
- Blair-Sherlock: yes
- Rashid: yes
- Hanson: yes
- Briel: yes
- Reick: yes
- Harper: yes
- Buckner: yes
- Rita: yes
- Hauter: yes
- Bunting: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Hernandez, Barbara: yes
- Cabello: yes
- Ryan: yes
- Hernandez, Lisa: yes
- Canty: yes
- Sanalitro: yes
- Hernandez, Norma: yes
- Cassidy: yes
- Hirschauer: yes
- Chung: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Hoffman: yes
- Coffey: yes
- Schweizer: yes
- Huynh: yes
- Costa Howard: yes
- Severin: yes
- Jacobs: yes
- Crawford: yes
- Sheehan: yes
- Jiménez: yes
- Crespo: yes
- Slaughter: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Croke: yes
- Smith: yes
- Davidsmeyer: yes
- Katz Muhl: yes
- Davis, Jed: yes
- Keicher: yes
- Davis, Lisa: yes
- Stava-Murray: yes
- Kelly: yes
- Davis, Will: yes
- Stephens: yes
- Kifowit: yes
- Deering: yes
- Stuart: yes
- Delgado: yes
- Swanson: yes
- LaPointe: yes
- DeLuca: yes
- Lilly: yes
- Deuter: yes
- Tarver: yes
- Mah: yes
- Didech: yes
- Tipsword: yes
- Manley: yes
- Ugaste: yes
- Mason: yes
- Elik: yes
- Vella: yes
- Evans: yes
- Walsh: yes
- McCombie: yes
- Faver Dias: yes
- Weaver: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- Ford: yes
- Weber: yes
- Meier: yes
- Friess: yes
- West: yes
- Meyers-Martin: yes
- Fritts: yes
- Wilhour: yes
- Miller: yes
- Gabel: yes
- Williams, Ann: yes
- Moeller: yes
- Gill: yes
- Williams, Jawaharial: yes
- Moore: yes
- Gong-Gershowitz: yes
- Windhorst: yes
- Morgan: yes
- González, Edgar: yes
- Yang Rohr: yes
- Morris: yes
- Gordon-Booth: yes
- Moylan: yes
- Grant: yes
- Grasse: yes
- Ammons: excused
- Andrade: excused
- Scherer: excused
- Jones: excused
- Sosnowski: excused
- Spain: excused
- La Ha: excused
- Syed: excused
- Du Buclet: excused
- Mayfield: excused
Executive, Amendment 2
2025-05-28 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Aquino, Omar: yes
- Anderson, Neil: yes
- Cunningham, Bill: yes
- Castro, Cristina: yes
- Curran, John F: yes
- Hunter, Mattie: yes
- Harris III, Napoleon: yes
- Peters, Robert: yes
- Koehler, David: yes
- Tracy, Jil: yes
- Rezin, Sue: yes
- Villivalam, Ram: yes
- Harmon, Don: not voting
Executive, Amendment 1
2025-05-28 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Aquino, Omar: yes
- Anderson, Neil: yes
- Cunningham, Bill: yes
- Castro, Cristina: yes
- Curran, John F: yes
- Hunter, Mattie: yes
- Harris III, Napoleon: yes
- Peters, Robert: yes
- Koehler, David: yes
- Tracy, Jil: yes
- Rezin, Sue: yes
- Villivalam, Ram: yes
- Harmon, Don: not voting
Concurrence, Amendment 1
2025-05-31 · pass · 57-0
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Aquino: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Arellano, L.: yes
- Syverson: yes
- Fowler: yes
- Balkema: yes
- Tracy: yes
- Loughran Cappel: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Guzmán: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Turner, S.: yes
- McClure: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Ventura: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Harris, N.: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Villa: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Harriss, E.: yes
- Chesney: yes
- Villanueva: yes
- Peters: yes
- Hastings: yes
- Collins: yes
- Villivalam: yes
- Plummer: yes
- Hills: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Walker: yes
- Porfirio: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Curran: yes
- Wilcox: yes
- Preston: yes
- Hunter: yes
- DeWitte: yes
- Rezin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Edly-Allen: yes
- Rose: yes
- Jones, E.: yes
- Ellman: yes
- Fine: not voting
- Lightford: not voting
Concurrence, Amendment 2
2025-05-31 · pass · 57-0
Member-level votes (58)
- Simmons: yes
- Joyce: yes
- Faraci: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Sims: yes
- Koehler: yes
- Feigenholtz: yes
- Aquino: yes
- Stadelman: yes
- Lewis: yes
- Arellano, L.: yes
- Syverson: yes
- Fowler: yes
- Balkema: yes
- Tracy: yes
- Loughran Cappel: yes
- Glowiak Hilton: yes
- Belt: yes
- Turner, D.: yes
- Martwick: yes
- Guzmán: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Turner, S.: yes
- McClure: yes
- Halpin: yes
- Castro: yes
- Ventura: yes
- Morrison: yes
- Harris, N.: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Villa: yes
- Murphy: yes
- Harriss, E.: yes
- Chesney: yes
- Villanueva: yes
- Peters: yes
- Hastings: yes
- Collins: yes
- Villivalam: yes
- Plummer: yes
- Hills: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Walker: yes
- Porfirio: yes
- Holmes: yes
- Curran: yes
- Wilcox: yes
- Preston: yes
- Hunter: yes
- DeWitte: yes
- Rezin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Edly-Allen: yes
- Rose: yes
- Jones, E.: yes
- Ellman: yes
- Fine: not voting
- Lightford: not voting
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