Illinois 94th Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 1883 — ATTORNEY ACT-LEGAL SERVICES

Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0659

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2005. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • 1 sponsor

    0 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

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Summary

Amends the Attorney Act. Provides that no entity shall receive any compensation directly or indirectly for any legal services other than a regular licensed attorney. Provides that an unlicensed person or entity may not advertise or hold himself, herself, or itself out to provide legal services or own, conduct, or maintain a facility to provide legal services. Provides that a person or entity advertising or holding himself, herself, or itself out to provide legal services is guilty of contempt of court.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

63 added · 65 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendments to Bill SB 1883 clarify that only individuals—a "person"—can hold a license to practice law, removing references to "entities" from the provisions. Additionally, it specifies that a person may receive a license or renewal if they have a satisfactory repayment record for educational loans or child support obligations. This change is important because it ensures that legal services are provided only by licensed individuals, thereby protecting the public from unqualified practitioners, while also allowing those with previous financial difficulties to regain their professional status if they demonstrate responsible repayment behavior.

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SB1883 Engrossed LRB094 10826 LCB 41321 b AN ACT concerning attorneys.
SB1883 Enrolled LRB094 10826 LCB 41321 b AN ACT concerning attorneys.
No person or entity shall receive any compensation directly or indirectly for any legal services other than a regularly licensed attorney, nor may an unlicensed person or entity advertise or hold himself, herself, or itself out to provide legal services.
No person shall receive any compensation directly or indirectly for any legal services other than a regularly licensed attorney, nor may an unlicensed person advertise or hold himself or herself out to provide legal services.
a license or renewal may be issued, however, if the person has established a satisfactory repayment record as determined (i) by the Illinois Department of Public Aid for SB1883 Engrossed - 2 - LRB094 10826 LCB 41321 b cases being enforced under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code or (ii) in all other cases by order of court or by written agreement between the custodial parent and non-custodial parent.
a license or renewal may be issued, however, if the person has established a satisfactory repayment record as determined (i) by the Illinois Department of Public Aid for cases being enforced under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid SB1883 Enrolled - 2 - LRB094 10826 LCB 41321 b Code or (ii) in all other cases by order of court or by written agreement between the custodial parent and non-custodial parent.
Any person or entity practicing, charging or receiving fees for legal services or advertising or holding himself, herself, or itself out to provide legal services within this State, either directly or indirectly, without being licensed to practice as herein required, is guilty of contempt of court and shall be punished accordingly, upon complaint being filed in any Circuit Court of this State.
Any person practicing, charging or receiving fees for legal services or advertising or holding himself or herself out to provide legal services within this State, either directly or indirectly, without being licensed to practice as herein required, is guilty of contempt of court and shall be punished accordingly, upon complaint being filed in any Circuit Court of this State.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to conflict with, amend, or modify Section 5 of the Corporation Practice of Law Prohibition Act or prohibit representation of a party by a person who is not an attorney in a proceeding before either panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, as now or hereafter amended, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, as now or hereafter amended, the State Civil Service Commission, the local Civil Service Commissions, or the University Civil Service Merit Board, to the extent allowed pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by those Boards and Commissions or the giving of information, training, or advocacy or assistance in any meetings or administrative proceedings held pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the federal Americans with SB1883 Engrossed - 3 - LRB094 10826 LCB 41321 b Disabilities Act of 1990, or the federal Social Security Act, to the extent allowed by those laws or the federal regulations or State statutes implementing those laws.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to conflict with, amend, or modify Section 5 of the Corporation Practice of Law Prohibition Act or prohibit representation of a party by a person who is not an attorney in a proceeding before either panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board under the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, as now or hereafter amended, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, as now or hereafter amended, the State Civil Service Commission, the local Civil Service Commissions, or the University Civil Service Merit Board, to the extent allowed pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by those Boards and Commissions or the giving of information, training, or advocacy or assistance in any meetings or administrative proceedings held pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or the federal Social Security Act, to the extent allowed by those laws or the federal regulations SB1883 Enrolled - 3 - LRB094 10826 LCB 41321 b or State statutes implementing those laws.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0659

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2006

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 058-000-000

  7. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 058-000-000

  8. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000

  9. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000

  10. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary

  11. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary

  12. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  13. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton

  14. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules

  15. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton

  16. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,02-May 27,2005.

  17. Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01,02

  18. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-004-001

  19. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  20. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote

  21. Second Reading - Short Debate

  22. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 008-005-000

  23. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

  24. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  25. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias

  26. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  27. Second Reading - Short Debate

  28. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  29. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-001-001

  30. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote

  31. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

  32. Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed

  33. Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee

  34. Committee/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2005

  35. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  36. Assigned to Executive Committee

  37. Referred to Rules Committee

  38. First Reading

  39. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias

  40. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  41. Arrived in House

  42. Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000

  43. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  44. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Cullerton

  45. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton

  46. Recalled to Second Reading

  47. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

  48. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000

  49. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000

  50. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary

  51. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005

  52. Second Reading

  53. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules

  54. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton

  55. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary

  56. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  57. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton

  58. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard

  59. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005

  60. Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000

  61. Postponed - Judiciary

  62. Assigned to Judiciary

  63. Referred to Rules

  64. First Reading

  65. Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton

Sponsors

  • John J. Cullerton · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • John J. Cullerton

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 52001
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Not Voting
Lauzen — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Forby — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Link — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Brady — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Concurrence, Amendment 2

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 52001
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Not Voting
Shadid — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
Forby — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Haine — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 111 Yea · 4 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 99403
Democrat 9000
Republican 3000
Total 111403
% of votes cast 94%3%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Sacia — Yea
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Schock — Yea
Scully — Yea
Sommer — Yea
Soto — Yea
Lindner — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Bassi — Yea
Beaubien — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Yea
Black — Nay
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Myers — Yea
Hultgren — Nay
Jefferson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Lang — Yea
Leitch — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Mathias — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Meyer — Yea
Millner — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Mulligan — Yea
Munson — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Tenhouse — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Turner — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Brady — Yea
Wait — Yea
Washington — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Burke — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Howard — Yea
Watson — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Churchill — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Cross — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Giles — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Graham — Yea
Hamos — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Holbrook — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Krause — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Madigan — Yea
McKeon — Not Voting
Osmond — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Winters — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Not Voting
Cultra — Not Voting
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Daniels — Yea
Eddy — Nay
Jenisch — Yea
Osterman — Yea
Parke — Yea
Patterson — Nay
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reis — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 58 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 52001
Democrat 5000
Republican 1000
Total 58001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Sandoval — Yea
Lauzen — Yea
Link — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Forby — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Shadid — Yea
Sieben — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan, D. — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Sullivan, J. — Yea
Petka — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jones, W. — Yea
Winkel — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Geo-Karis — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Maloney — Yea
Wojcik — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Rauschenberger — Not Voting
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Yea
Ronen — Yea
Roskam — Yea
Rutherford — Yea
del Valle — Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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What does SB 1883 do?
Amends the Attorney Act. Provides that no entity shall receive any compensation directly or indirectly for any legal services other than a regular licensed attorney. Provides that an unlicensed person or entity may not advertise or hold himself, herself, or itself out to provide legal services or own, conduct, or maintain a facility to provide legal services. Provides that a person or entity advertising or holding himself, herself, or itself out to provide legal services is guilty of contempt of court.
Who sponsors SB 1883?
SB 1883 is sponsored by John J. Cullerton.
What is the current status of SB 1883?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2005. Enacted.
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