Illinois House Bill 2893

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-04-11 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that an elected registrar with control of the internal operations of the registrar's office may contract with a records preservation company for offsite restoration, preservation, and digitization of original, photographic, or microphotographic reproductions of original records of births 100 years old and older and deaths 50 years old and older, and marriage records 75 years old and older, if the company provides the elected official the protocols used to protect the records and ensure chain of custody before the elected registrar enters into the contract, and the elected registrar affirms the that the protocols used to protect the records and ensure chain of custody meet the standards set forth by the elected official.

OFFSITE VITAL RECORDS STORAGE

Rep. Robert Rita [D]

2025-03-20 - House - House Counties & Townships Committee (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-04-11	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2025-03-26	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2025-03-26	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2025-03-20	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2025-03-20	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 010-000-000
2025-03-04	House	Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee
2025-02-06	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2025-02-06	House	First Reading
2025-02-05	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
410	535	24	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2893&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=161092&SessionID=114
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=200880&DocName=10400HB2893&DocNum=2893&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=161092&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/votehistory/104/house/committeevotes/10400HB2893_42850.pdf