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104th General Assembly (2025 to 2026) · House of Representatives bill

HB 5487

LAW FIRM OWNERSHIP

Sent to Governor Last action August 7, 2026: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0801

Official bill page and text: ilga.gov

Sponsors 12

Prime sponsors
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Michael E. Hastings
Cosponsors (10)
Abdelnasser Rashid, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Emanuel "Chris" Welch, Jay Hoffman, Kevin John Olickal, Lilian Jiménez, Mary Beth Canty, Robert Peters, Suzanne M. Ness, Will Guzzardi

Status

Sent to Governor as of August 7, 2026. The 104th General Assembly serves until the 105th convenes on January 13, 2027.

Referred to: House Judiciary: Civil, Senate Judiciary (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 12

May 31, 2026House of RepresentativesConcurrence, Amendment 1Passed75-39

yes (75) Mussman, Grasse, Ammons, Ness, Guerrero-Cuellar, Andrade, Guzzardi, Avelar, Olickal, Benton, Ortíz, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Briel, Hanson, Buckner, Harper, Ryan, Hernandez, Barbara, Canty, Hernandez, Lisa, Cassidy, Scherer, Hernandez, Norma, Chung, Hirschauer, Cochran, Hoffman, Huynh, Crawford, Crespo, Slaughter, Jiménez, Smith, Johnson, Jones, Katz Muhl, Davis, Lisa, Stava, Davis, Will, Kelly, Stuart, Kifowit, DeLaRosa, Delgado, Syed, LaPointe, DeLuca, Tarver, Lilly, Deuter, Mah, Didech, Manley, Du Buclet, Vella, Walsh, Mayfield, Evans, Faver Dias, Ford, West, Meyers-Martin, Williams, Ann, Gabel, Williams, Jawaharial, Moeller, Gill, Gong-Gershowitz, Yang Rohr, Morgan, González, Welch, Morris, Gordon-Booth

no (39) Niemerg, Haas, Halbrook, Hammond, Reick, Bunting, Rosenthal, Hauter, Cabello, Sanalitro, Schmidt, Schweizer, Coffey, Severin, Sheehan, Jacobs, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Davis, Jed, Spain, Keicher, Stephens, Deering, Swanson, La Ha, Tipsword, Ugaste, Elik, Weaver, McCombie, Weber, McLaughlin, Meier, Friess, Wilhour, Fritts, Miller, Windhorst, Moore

excused (2) Mason, Grant

not voting (1) Rita

other (1) Croke

Official roll call

May 31, 2026House of RepresentativesConcurrence, Amendment 3Passed75-39

yes (75) Mussman, Grasse, Ammons, Ness, Guerrero-Cuellar, Andrade, Guzzardi, Avelar, Olickal, Benton, Ortíz, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Briel, Hanson, Buckner, Harper, Ryan, Hernandez, Barbara, Canty, Hernandez, Lisa, Cassidy, Scherer, Hernandez, Norma, Chung, Hirschauer, Cochran, Hoffman, Huynh, Crawford, Crespo, Slaughter, Jiménez, Smith, Johnson, Jones, Katz Muhl, Davis, Lisa, Stava, Davis, Will, Kelly, Stuart, Kifowit, DeLaRosa, Delgado, Syed, LaPointe, DeLuca, Tarver, Lilly, Deuter, Mah, Didech, Manley, Du Buclet, Vella, Walsh, Mayfield, Evans, Faver Dias, Ford, West, Meyers-Martin, Williams, Ann, Gabel, Williams, Jawaharial, Moeller, Gill, Gong-Gershowitz, Yang Rohr, Morgan, González, Welch, Morris, Gordon-Booth

no (39) Niemerg, Haas, Halbrook, Hammond, Reick, Bunting, Rosenthal, Hauter, Cabello, Sanalitro, Schmidt, Schweizer, Coffey, Severin, Sheehan, Jacobs, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Davis, Jed, Spain, Keicher, Stephens, Deering, Swanson, La Ha, Tipsword, Ugaste, Elik, Weaver, McCombie, Weber, McLaughlin, Meier, Friess, Wilhour, Fritts, Miller, Windhorst, Moore

excused (2) Mason, Grant

not voting (1) Rita

other (1) Croke

Official roll call

May 31, 2026House of RepresentativesDo Pass, Amendment 3Passed13-7

yes (13) Canty, Mary Beth, Avelar, Dagmara, Didech, Daniel, Jiménez, Lilian, Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer, Katz Muhl, Tracy, Olickal, Kevin John, Morgan, Bob, Rita, Robert "Bob", Tarver II, Curtis J, Vella, Dave, Williams, Ann M, West II, Maurice A

no (7) Davis, Jed, Fritts, Bradley, Friess, David, McLaughlin, Martin, Reick, Steven, Ugaste, Dan, Weber, Tom

Official roll call

May 31, 2026House of RepresentativesDo Pass, Amendment 1Passed13-7

yes (13) Canty, Mary Beth, Avelar, Dagmara, Didech, Daniel, Jiménez, Lilian, Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer, Katz Muhl, Tracy, Olickal, Kevin John, Morgan, Bob, Rita, Robert "Bob", Tarver II, Curtis J, Vella, Dave, Williams, Ann M, West II, Maurice A

no (7) Davis, Jed, Fritts, Bradley, Friess, David, McLaughlin, Martin, Reick, Steven, Ugaste, Dan, Weber, Tom

Official roll call

May 31, 2026House of RepresentativesDo Pass, Amendment 2Passed13-7

yes (13) Canty, Mary Beth, Avelar, Dagmara, Didech, Daniel, Jiménez, Lilian, Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer, Katz Muhl, Tracy, Olickal, Kevin John, Morgan, Bob, Rita, Robert "Bob", Tarver II, Curtis J, Vella, Dave, Williams, Ann M, West II, Maurice A

no (7) Davis, Jed, Fritts, Bradley, Friess, David, McLaughlin, Martin, Reick, Steven, Ugaste, Dan, Weber, Tom

Official roll call

May 31, 2026House of RepresentativesConcurrence, Amendment 2Passed75-39

yes (75) Mussman, Grasse, Ammons, Ness, Guerrero-Cuellar, Andrade, Guzzardi, Avelar, Olickal, Benton, Ortíz, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Briel, Hanson, Buckner, Harper, Ryan, Hernandez, Barbara, Canty, Hernandez, Lisa, Cassidy, Scherer, Hernandez, Norma, Chung, Hirschauer, Cochran, Hoffman, Huynh, Crawford, Crespo, Slaughter, Jiménez, Smith, Johnson, Jones, Katz Muhl, Davis, Lisa, Stava, Davis, Will, Kelly, Stuart, Kifowit, DeLaRosa, Delgado, Syed, LaPointe, DeLuca, Tarver, Lilly, Deuter, Mah, Didech, Manley, Du Buclet, Vella, Walsh, Mayfield, Evans, Faver Dias, Ford, West, Meyers-Martin, Williams, Ann, Gabel, Williams, Jawaharial, Moeller, Gill, Gong-Gershowitz, Yang Rohr, Morgan, González, Welch, Morris, Gordon-Booth

no (39) Niemerg, Haas, Halbrook, Hammond, Reick, Bunting, Rosenthal, Hauter, Cabello, Sanalitro, Schmidt, Schweizer, Coffey, Severin, Sheehan, Jacobs, Davidsmeyer, Sosnowski, Davis, Jed, Spain, Keicher, Stephens, Deering, Swanson, La Ha, Tipsword, Ugaste, Elik, Weaver, McCombie, Weber, McLaughlin, Meier, Friess, Wilhour, Fritts, Miller, Windhorst, Moore

excused (2) Mason, Grant

not voting (1) Rita

other (1) Croke

Official roll call

May 30, 2026State SenateThird ReadingPassed39-19

yes (39) Simmons, Joyce, Faraci, Sims, Koehler, Feigenholtz, Aquino, Stadelman, Fine, Lightford, Glowiak Hilton, Belt, Turner, D., Martwick, Guzmán, Halpin, Castro, Ventura, Morrison, Harris, N., Cervantes, Villa, Murphy, Villanueva, Peters, Hastings, Collins, Villivalam, Cunningham, Walker, Porfirio, Holmes, Preston, Hunter, Harmon, Johnson, Edly-Allen, Jones, E., Ellman

no (19) Anderson, Lewis, Arellano, L., Syverson, Fowler, Balkema, Tracy, Bryant, Turner, S., McClure, Harriss, E., Chesney, Plummer, Hills, Curran, Wilcox, DeWitte, Rezin, Rose

not voting (1) Loughran Cappel

Official roll call

May 29, 2026State SenateDo Pass, Amendment 2Passed5-3

yes (5) Fine, Laura, Hastings, Michael E, Halpin, Michael W, Martwick, Robert F, Peters, Robert

no (3) Curran, John F, Hills, Darby A, Tracy, Jil

not voting (1) Sims Jr., Elgie R

Official roll call

May 6, 2026State SenateDo Pass, Amendment 1Passed9-0

yes (9) Fine, Laura, Curran, John F, Harmon, Don, Halpin, Michael W, Hills, Darby A, Hastings, Michael E, Sims Jr., Elgie R, Martwick, Robert F, Tracy, Jil

Official roll call

May 6, 2026State SenateDo PassPassed8-1

yes (8) Fine, Laura, Curran, John F, Harmon, Don, Halpin, Michael W, Hills, Darby A, Hastings, Michael E, Sims Jr., Elgie R, Martwick, Robert F

no (1) Tracy, Jil

Official roll call

April 9, 2026House of RepresentativesThird ReadingPassed70-36

yes (70) Mussman, Grasse, Ammons, Ness, Guerrero-Cuellar, Andrade, Guzzardi, Avelar, Olickal, Benton, Ortíz, Blair-Sherlock, Rashid, Briel, Hanson, Buckner, Rita, Harper, Ryan, Hernandez, Barbara, Canty, Cassidy, Scherer, Hernandez, Norma, Chung, Hirschauer, Cochran, Hoffman, Crawford, Crespo, Slaughter, Jiménez, Smith, Katz Muhl, Davis, Lisa, Stava, Davis, Will, Stuart, Kifowit, DeLaRosa, Syed, LaPointe, DeLuca, Tarver, Lilly, Deuter, Mah, Didech, Manley, Du Buclet, Vella, Mason, Walsh, Mayfield, Faver Dias, Ford, West, Meyers-Martin, Williams, Ann, Gabel, Williams, Jawaharial, Moeller, Gill, Gong-Gershowitz, Yang Rohr, Morgan, González, Welch, Morris, Gordon-Booth

no (36) Niemerg, Haas, Halbrook, Reick, Bunting, Hauter, Cabello, Sanalitro, Schmidt, Schweizer, Coffey, Severin, Sheehan, Jacobs, Sosnowski, Davis, Jed, Spain, Keicher, Stephens, Deering, Swanson, La Ha, Ugaste, Elik, Weaver, McCombie, Weber, McLaughlin, Meier, Friess, Wilhour, Fritts, Miller, Windhorst, Moore, Grant

excused (11) Hammond, Rosenthal, Hernandez, Lisa, Huynh, Johnson, Davidsmeyer, Jones, Kelly, Delgado, Tipsword, Evans

other (1) Croke

Official roll call

March 25, 2026House of RepresentativesDo PassPassed20-0

yes (20) Buckner, Kam, Avelar, Dagmara, Davis, Jed, Canty, Mary Beth, Didech, Daniel, Delgado, Eva-Dina, Fritts, Bradley, Friess, David, Hoffman, Jay, Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer, Jones, Thaddeus, Jiménez, Lilian, McLaughlin, Martin, Katz Muhl, Tracy, Olickal, Kevin John, Morgan, Bob, Ugaste, Dan, Reick, Steven, Weber, Tom, Vella, Dave

Official roll call

Timeline 80

DateChamberAction
August 7, 2026HousePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0801
August 7, 2026HouseEffective Date August 7, 2026
August 7, 2026HouseGovernor Approved
June 26, 2026HouseSent to the Governor
May 31, 2026HousePassed Both Houses
May 31, 2026HouseHouse Concurs
May 31, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 House Concurs 075-039-001
May 31, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 075-039-001
May 31, 2026HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 075-039-001
May 31, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000
May 31, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000
May 31, 2026HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000
May 30, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee
May 30, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee
May 30, 2026HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Civil Committee
May 30, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
May 30, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
May 30, 2026HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
May 30, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
May 30, 2026HouseSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
May 30, 2026HouseSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
May 30, 2026HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1, 2, 3
May 30, 2026HouseArrived in House
May 30, 2026SenateThird Reading - Passed; 039-019-000
May 30, 2026SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
May 30, 2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted; Hastings
May 30, 2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Hastings
May 30, 2026SenateRecalled to Second Reading
May 30, 2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments
May 30, 2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments
May 30, 2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings
May 29, 2026SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
May 29, 2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 005-003-000
May 28, 2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
May 28, 2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
May 28, 2026SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings
May 22, 2026SenateRule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026
May 14, 2026SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026
May 14, 2026SenateSecond Reading
May 6, 2026SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026
May 6, 2026SenateDo Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-001-000
May 6, 2026SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
May 6, 2026SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
May 5, 2026SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
May 5, 2026SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings
April 29, 2026SenatePostponed - Judiciary
April 22, 2026SenateAssigned to Judiciary
April 14, 2026SenateReferred to Assignments
April 14, 2026SenateFirst Reading
April 14, 2026SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
April 14, 2026SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
April 14, 2026SenateArrive in Senate
April 9, 2026HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 070-036-001
April 9, 2026HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
April 9, 2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
April 9, 2026HouseRecalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
April 9, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
April 8, 2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
April 8, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
April 8, 2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000
April 7, 2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
April 7, 2026HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
April 7, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
April 7, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
April 7, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
April 7, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
April 7, 2026HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne M. Ness
April 7, 2026HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
April 7, 2026HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
April 7, 2026HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
March 25, 2026HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
March 25, 2026HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 020-000-000
March 25, 2026HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote
March 19, 2026HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
March 18, 2026HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
March 18, 2026HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
March 4, 2026HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
February 13, 2026HouseReferred to Rules Committee
February 13, 2026HouseFirst Reading
February 6, 2026HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

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