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HB1878

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TRANSFER TX-CREDIT CARDS

What this bill does

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that county recorders and registrars of title are required to accept payment of real estate transfer taxes by credit card. Provides that all service charges or fees associated with the processing or accepting of such a credit card payment shall be paid by the taxpayer.

Sponsor: Travis Weaver Chamber: House Introduced: 2025-01-29
Stuck
P(Advance)
15.5%
Chance it ever reaches a milestone (committee, floor, etc.). Not “next step.”
P(Law)
0.0%
Chance it becomes law given where it is now (stage, momentum).
Confidence: 84%

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Pipeline Progress

Current stage: Floor Vote · Last action 547 days ago · STAGNANT

How does a bill become law in Illinois?
  1. Introduction of Bill

    A member of the Senate or the House introduces a bill, which is assigned a unique identifying number (e.g., "H.B. ___" for House bills and "S.B. ___" for Senate bills). If not enacted, it must be reintroduced in the next General Assembly with a new number.

  2. Committee Work — Hearings

    The bill goes to the appropriate committee, which holds hearings to gather expert opinions and determine the need for the legislation.

  3. Committee Work — Markup, Amendments, Report

    The committee may make amendments to the bill. If approved, a committee report endorsing the bill is issued.

  4. Floor Debate

    The bill is debated and can be further amended. The debate transcripts are accessible online for public viewing.

  5. Passage and Consideration in Second Chamber

    If the bill passes in the first chamber, it moves to the second chamber for a similar review process. If both chambers approve, it goes to the governor.

  6. Gubernatorial Action

    The governor can sign the bill into law, veto it, or take no action (resulting in an automatic law after 60 days). The type of veto can be total or amendatory. Once signed, the bill becomes a Public Act and is assigned a Public Act number.

Sponsor Context

Campaign finance

This is SBE campaign receipts to the people on this bill, not Moneyball and not earmarked to the bill.

Money is campaign receipts to matched candidate committees, not earmarked to this bill. Window 2025-01-01 – 2026-09-13.

$515,370.05 Across sponsors / voters
1 Members with trails
0 Overlapping donors

Sponsor and voter funding

Member Role Receipts Total received Top donors
Travis Weaver Chief sponsor 173 $515,370.05 Fortress Bank ($294,651.55); Caterpillar INC PAC ($36,000.00); Realtor PAC ($12,500.00)

Top donors across these members

Donor Occupation Employer Receipts Total
Fortress Bank — — 4 $294,651.55
Caterpillar INC PAC — — 3 $36,000.00
Realtor PAC — — 4 $12,500.00
Marquis Energy - LLC — — 1 $8,000.00
John Bearce Motorsports — — 2 $7,500.00
Coulter Consulting Company — — 2 $7,500.00
Bob Loquercio Auto Group — — 1 $5,000.00
Citizens for Unes — — 1 $5,000.00
CEFCU — — 2 $5,000.00
Kress Corporation — — 2 $5,000.00
Illinois State Medical Society PAC — — 3 $5,000.00
Michael Unes — — 1 $5,000.00
Superior Ambulance — — 1 $4,806.22
IMHA PAC — — 2 $3,500.00
Nancy Erickson Farmer Self 2 $3,500.00
Ameren Illinois — — 2 $3,500.00
Advanced Strategic Consulting — — 2 $3,000.00
Willard Thomson Retired Retired 2 $3,000.00
CUPAC Credit Union PAC — — 2 $2,500.00
Friends of John Kelly — — 1 $2,500.00
WFFD Ventures — — 1 $2,500.00
Diane Oberhelman Executive Cullinan Properties LLC 1 $2,500.00
Michael Cullinan Executive United Contractors Midwest 1 $2,500.00
Andy Vitale Engineer Caterpillar 1 $2,082.03
Michael Cassidey Consultant Zephyr Government Strategies 2 $2,000.00

Witness slips

3 slips filed. Proponent / opponent / no position as filed with the committee.

Name Organization Representing Position Hearing committee Hearing date
David Schwartz Self Self Proponent Counties & Townships 2025-04-08
Dominic Remmes Waste Connections Waste Connections Opponent Counties & Townships 2025-03-20
David Schwartz Self Self Proponent Counties & Townships 2025-04-08

Roll-call votes

Total votes and outcome per event. Deciding vote = margin of 1; those voters on the winning side could have changed the outcome by flipping.

Date Chamber Type Description Yea Nay Present NV Outcome Margin Deciding voters
H Committee Counties & Townships 10 0 0 1 Passed 10 —

Action History

18 actions recorded. Last action: 2025-04-11 — House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred toRules Committee. Each action's meaning and outcome signal are classified automatically.

2025-01-29 Introduction & Filing
Filed with the Clerk byRep. Travis Weaver House Rule 6(b)
Bill officially submitted to the House Clerk during the session.
2025-01-29 Introduction & Filing
First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38
Formal introduction — title read into the official record. Required procedural step; bill now exists in the system.
2025-01-29 Committee Assignment
Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a)
Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2025-02-25 Committee Assignment
Assigned toCounties & Townships Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b)
Sent to a substantive committee (e.g., Transportation, Revenue). This is where the bill gets a real hearing and evaluation.
2025-03-06 Committee Action Positive
Do Pass / Short DebateCounties & Townships Committee; 010-000-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b)
Committee recommends passage and places it on the Short Debate calendar (limited floor discussion time). Strong positive signal — committee believes bill has broad support.
2025-03-06 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52
Bill placed on the Second Reading calendar. Positive — bill is queued for floor action.
2025-03-13 Amendment Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk byRep. Travis Weaver
[Amendment] Amendment sub-action.
2025-03-13 Amendment Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred toRules Committee
[Amendment] Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2025-03-18 Amendment Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers toCounties & Townships Committee
[Amendment] Amendment sub-action.
2025-03-24 Amendment Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk byRep. Travis Weaver
[Amendment] Amendment sub-action.
2025-03-24 Amendment Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred toRules Committee
[Amendment] Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2025-03-25 Amendment Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers toCounties & Townships Committee
[Amendment] Amendment sub-action.
2025-03-26 Floor Process Positive
Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)/52(a)(1)
Bill reaches the floor amendment stage on Short Debate calendar. Major milestone — bill has passed committee and is on the floor.
2025-03-26 Floor Process
Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52
Bill was ready for Second Reading but was paused/held by the sponsor. Usually indicates the sponsor is still negotiating amendments or gathering votes. NOT a negative signal — the sponsor controls the pace.
2025-04-08 Amendment Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be AdoptedCounties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000
[Amendment] Amendment sub-action.
2025-04-11 Deadlines & Re-referrals Mild −
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred toRules Committee House Rule 19(a); Senate analog: Rule 3-9(a)
MISSED COMMITTEE DEADLINE — bill did not get a committee vote before the deadline and is re-referred to Rules/Assignments. The bill is NOT dead but faces an uphill battle to be reassigned. Most bills that hit Rule 19(a) do not advance.
2025-04-11 Amendment Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred toRules Committee
[Amendment] Amendment sub-action.
2025-04-11 Amendment Actions
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred toRules Committee
[Amendment] Amendment sub-action.

All actions (table)

Date Chamber Action Category Signal
2025-01-29 House Filed with the Clerk byRep. Travis Weaver House Rule 6(b) Introduction & Filing —
2025-01-29 House First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 Introduction & Filing —
2025-01-29 House Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) Committee Assignment —
2025-02-25 House Assigned toCounties & Townships Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) Committee Assignment —
2025-03-06 House Do Pass / Short DebateCounties & Townships Committee; 010-000-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b) Committee Action Positive
2025-03-06 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52 Floor Process Positive
2025-03-13 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk byRep. Travis Weaver Amendment Actions —
2025-03-13 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred toRules Committee Amendment Actions —
2025-03-18 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers toCounties & Townships Committee Amendment Actions —
2025-03-24 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk byRep. Travis Weaver Amendment Actions —
2025-03-24 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred toRules Committee Amendment Actions —
2025-03-25 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers toCounties & Townships Committee Amendment Actions —
2025-03-26 House Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)/52(a)(1) Floor Process Positive
2025-03-26 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52 Floor Process —
2025-04-08 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be AdoptedCounties & Townships Committee; 011-000-000 Amendment Actions —
2025-04-11 House Rule 19(a) / Re-referred toRules Committee House Rule 19(a); Senate analog: Rule 3-9(a) Deadlines & Re-referrals Mild −
2025-04-11 House House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred toRules Committee Amendment Actions —
2025-04-11 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred toRules Committee Amendment Actions —