---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUDICIAL PRIVACY-RETIRED JUDGE"
description: "Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Provides that \"judicial officer\" includes retired justices and judges. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 1647"
citation: "Illinois SB 1647 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a64526ea-21ce-4838-8cda-778f20790ade"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1647&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=104383&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "87e0097846c828664e35d23340b281b4e19fdce791bad79ca94e14220ab65876"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 1647 (100th) — JUDICIAL PRIVACY-RETIRED JUDGE

Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Provides that "judicial officer" includes retired justices and judges. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1647&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104383&DocNum=1647&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1647eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104383&DocNum=1647&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1647enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104383&DocNum=1647&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Do Pass Judiciary; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2017
- **2017-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-25** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2017-04-26** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2017
- **2017-04-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 010-000-000
- **2017-04-27** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Siverstein `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2017
- **2017-04-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
- **2017-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-28** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2017-04-28** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2017-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** To Civil Procedure Subcommittee
- **2017-05-17** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 002-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-17** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2017-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 008-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2017
- **2017-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0098 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a64526ea-21ce-4838-8cda-778f20790ade`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).