---
type: "Bill"
title: "JURY-PARENT EXEMPTION"
description: "JURY-PARENT EXEMPTION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 178"
citation: "Illinois SB 178 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13c04344-463b-4331-8a8a-da676020d879"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "4f9624bb1500999feef8670643183bfb05b51fb5c5e957ef2689424b8674ae5f"
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 178 (91st) — JURY-PARENT EXEMPTION

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0178LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BROSNAHAN — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,LOU — cosponsor (person)
- SCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SJUD
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-03-11
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-16
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 059-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR BROSNAHAN
- **1999-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS
- **1999-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,LOU
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GASH
- **1999-03-26T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-001 HJUA
- **1999-04-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SCOTT
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-07-23
- **1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0264

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13c04344-463b-4331-8a8a-da676020d879`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).