---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATE'S ATTORNEY-COMPENSATION"
description: "Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a county board by resolution or ordinance may increase the amount of compensation paid to an eligible state's attorney in their county in the form of a longevity stipend which shall be added to and become part of the salary of the state's attorney for that year. Specifies eligibility requirements. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 1202"
citation: "Illinois HB 1202 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-11"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed9c3de9-2953-4417-96c4-65f218d095f6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1202&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42897&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "89993310bd19ad5365bef9994885fb7e2c0ee602dd87d50ea1899a5d63f0d677"
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 1202 (96th) — STATE'S ATTORNEY-COMPENSATION

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a county board by resolution or ordinance may increase the amount of compensation paid to an eligible state's attorney in their county in the form of a longevity stipend which shall be added to and become part of the salary of the state's attorney for that year. Specifies eligibility requirements. 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=09600HB1202&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42897&DocNum=1202&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1202eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42897&DocNum=1202&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB1202enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=42897&DocNum=1202&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–15** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **89–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-11** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Gary Hannig `filing`
- **2009-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-27** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2009-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Counties & Townships Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Counties & Townships Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Counties & Townships Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
- **2009-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-03-24** Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-03-24** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 089-027-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2009-04-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Bond
- **2009-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William R. Haine
- **2009-04-28** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass Judiciary; 007-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Passed; 036-015-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-14** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2009
- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0259 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed9c3de9-2953-4417-96c4-65f218d095f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).