Illinois House Bill 3121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on August 18 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0155
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Amends the Weights and Measures Act. Provides that if any person fails or refuses to pay, within 60 days after the issuance of notice from the Department, a fee authorized by the Section, the Department may prohibit that person from using commercial weighing and measuring devices. Provides that any penalty of $2,500 or greater (currently, any penalty) not paid within 120 days (currently, 60 days) of issuance of notice from the Department shall be submitted to the Department of Revenue (currently, the Attorney General's office) for collection as provided under the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Provides that the Department may prohibit any person from using a commercial weighing or measuring device for failure to pay an administrative monetary penalty within 60 days of issuance of notice from the Department. Effective immediately.

WEIGHTS & MEASURES-PENALTY

Rep. Charles Meier [R]

Sen. Napoleon Harris [D]

2017-05-25 - Senate - Third Reading in Senate (Y: 57 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-03-30 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 111 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-18	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0155
2017-08-18	House	Effective Date August 18, 2017
2017-08-18	House	Governor Approved
2017-06-23	House	Sent to the Governor
2017-05-25	House	Passed Both Houses
2017-05-25	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
2017-05-18	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2017
2017-05-18	Senate	Second Reading
2017-05-02	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 3, 2017
2017-05-02	Senate	Approved for Consideration Assignments
2017-04-26	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2017-04-26	Senate	First Reading
2017-04-25	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
2017-04-04	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 5, 2017
2017-04-04	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2017-03-30	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000
2017-03-23	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2017-03-23	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2017-03-15	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2017-03-14	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000
2017-02-22	House	Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
2017-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-02-09	House	First Reading
2017-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	470	40	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	470	56.1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3121&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB3121.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB3121eng.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB3121enr.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/100/100-0155.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/100/house/10000HB3121_03302017_014000T.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/100/senate/10000HB3121_05252017_040000T.pdf