---
type: "Bill"
title: "JUDICIAL PRIVACY-ADMIN JUDGES"
description: "Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Adds administrative law judges to the definition of judicial officer in the Judicial Privacy Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 3144"
citation: "Illinois HB 3144 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elgie R. Sims, Jr.", "Eva-Dina Delgado"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68d2bd0e-4bc7-4eed-8923-681601835b5b"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3144&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=161545&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "3fdb3b12f9aed5b5857cb8e63085fc27fef78a9a96bb16b8c8b5d8ca8619098c"
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 HB 3144 (104th) — JUDICIAL PRIVACY-ADMIN JUDGES

Amends the Judicial Privacy Act. Adds administrative law judges to the definition of judicial officer in the Judicial Privacy Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3144.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3144eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB3144enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elgie R. Sims, Jr. — primary (person)
- Eva-Dina Delgado — primary (person)
- Adriane Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Curtis J. Tarver, II — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Javier L. Cervantes — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin John Olickal — cosponsor (person)
- Lilian Jiménez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado `filing`
- **2025-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
- **2025-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- **2025-03-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
- **2025-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2025-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 019-000-000
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2025-04-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-21** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2025-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2025-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000
- **2025-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2025
- **2025-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
- **2025-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading **
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0278 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68d2bd0e-4bc7-4eed-8923-681601835b5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).