---
type: "Bill"
title: "COUNTY JAIL-GRAND JURY"
description: "Amends the County Jail Act. Repeals Sections relating to grand jury and citizen inspections of county jails. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 5243"
citation: "Illinois HB 5243 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58819ba3-0624-4039-ad03-b1556c7e4c79"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5243&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=36490&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "0648ef04679464be69d37670b538e3a556763056fd83238e90b2d4ed99733f66"
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 5243 (95th) — COUNTY JAIL-GRAND JURY

Amends the County Jail Act. Repeals Sections relating to grand jury and citizen inspections of county jails. 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=09500HB5243&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=36490&DocNum=5243&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5243eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=36490&DocNum=5243&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB5243enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=36490&DocNum=5243&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shane Cultra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-14** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chapin Rose `filing`
- **2008-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-03** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-12** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-01** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2008-04-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2008-04-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2008 `reading-1`
- **2008-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
- **2008-04-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-29** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-13** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-15** Effective Date August 15, 2008
- **2008-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0840 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58819ba3-0624-4039-ad03-b1556c7e4c79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).