---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUBLIC-APP DEFENDER IMM"
description: "PUBLIC-APP DEFENDER IMM"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 4698"
citation: "Illinois HB 4698 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2000-02-07T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2000-06-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bec484b-3635-4ab9-90a7-ae614650a600"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "2ff16e0885bd3fb7b3ada1800d355b3ae4c2987e37833cb986f513e7082c9baa"
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 4698 (91st) — PUBLIC-APP DEFENDER IMM

## Version chain

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

1. **HB4698** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB4698LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BRADLEY — cosponsor (person)
- HAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-02-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-16T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HAMOS
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 007-000-000 HJUA
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO BRADLEY
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION PREVAILED- RECALL TO 2ND READING
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HAMOS
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HAMOS
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO HJUA
- **2000-03-01T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HAMOS
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HJUA/011-000-000
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-HAMOS
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** WITHDRAWN
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 00-03-07
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR MOLARO
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** HELD IN COMMITTEE
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SJUD
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-03-31
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-04-05
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2000-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2000-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-06-30
- **2000-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0877

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bec484b-3635-4ab9-90a7-ae614650a600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).