All Roll Calls
Yes: 160 • No: 37
IllinoisSB1173104th General Assembly (2025–2026)SenateWALLET
ID CARD-HOMELESS AFFIRMATION
Sponsored By: Mike Simmons (Democratic)
Became Law
assignmentsjudiciaryhousing
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Lower notary fees and free homeless notarizations
Since May 6, 2023, you pay no more than $5 per in-person notarization; up to $25 for acts under Section 3-102. Electronic notarizations are capped at $25 per act, and an e-notary may charge a reasonable fee to provide copies or recordings. If a non-attorney helps with immigration forms, fees are limited to $10 per form, $10 per translation page, $5 to notarize, and $3 per document step, with a $75 cap per application; government filing fees are separate. Notaries must give itemized receipts and keep fee records. Charging illegal fees is a crime (first offense is a Class A misdemeanor; a later offense within 5 years is a Class 3 felony). The Attorney General or a State’s Attorney can stop violations, and if they do not act within 90 days of a complaint, any person may sue. Notarizations for the Illinois Homeless Status Certification form are free.
Notaries liable if they keep your money
Beginning June 5, 2023, if a notary takes money to send to someone and willfully fails to send it, the notary is personally liable. You can sue to recover damages, interest, and reasonable attorney fees from the notary or their bondsperson.
Privacy and security for electronic notarization
Beginning June 5, 2023, only people commissioned by the Secretary of State may represent themselves as electronic notaries. It is a Class A misdemeanor to make or distribute tools to let someone act as an e‑notary without a commission, or to steal, hide, damage, or destroy an e‑notary’s signature or seal device. Notaries cannot sell or share journals or recordings; upon a written request naming the parties, document type, and month/year, they may give a redacted line‑item copy. The Secretary of State can suspend a commission if a requested journal entry is not produced within 10 days. When a commission ends, required notarial records must be kept for 5 years.
Stronger notarization rules to protect signers
Beginning June 5, 2023, notaries may not prepare legal documents or fill blanks (except the notary certificate) and may not explain or verify a document’s contents. A notary must read the instrument to a blind signer before taking an acknowledgment. A notary must not notarize for a person the notary knows was adjudged mentally ill by a court unless the record shows restoration. For non‑English speakers, a notary may proceed only after the instrument’s nature and effect are translated into a language the signer understands. Notaries must not change any document after it is signed. Notaries may not act while their commission is suspended or revoked.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Mike Simmons
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
Democratic • House
Graciela Guzmán
Democratic • Senate
Kelly M. Cassidy
Democratic • House
Lakesia Collins
Democratic • Senate
Li Arellano, Jr.
Republican • Senate
Mary Gill
Democratic • House
Rachel Ventura
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/21/2025
Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed
Yes: 81 • No: 28
House vote • 4/30/2025
Do Pass / Short Debate Housing Committee;
Yes: 11 • No: 4
Senate vote • 4/10/2025
Third Reading - Passed;
Yes: 51 • No: 5
Senate vote • 4/9/2025
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary;
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/19/2025
Do Pass Judiciary;
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0083
8/1/2025SenateEffective Date January 1, 2026
8/1/2025SenateGovernor Approved
8/1/2025SenateSent to the Governor
6/18/2025SenatePassed Both Houses
5/21/2025SenateThird Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 081-028-000
5/21/2025HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
5/13/2025HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
5/13/2025HouseAlternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. John M. Cabello
5/1/2025HouseAlternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Jackie Haas
5/1/2025HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
5/1/2025HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jackie Haas
5/1/2025HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
5/1/2025HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
5/1/2025HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
4/30/2025HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Housing Committee; 011-004-000
4/30/2025HouseAssigned to Housing Committee
4/17/2025HouseAlternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
4/14/2025HouseReferred to Rules Committee
4/11/2025HouseFirst Reading
4/11/2025HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella
4/11/2025HouseAlternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Dave Vella
4/10/2025HouseArrived in House
4/10/2025HouseAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Li Arellano, Jr.
4/10/2025SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Lakesia Collins
4/10/2025Senate
Bill Text
Engrossed
Enrolled
Introduced
Senate Amendment 1
Senate Amendment 2