---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPELLATE PROSECUTOR"
description: "Amends the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act. Provides that the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor is a judicial agency of State government. Provides that each elected member of the board of governor's of the Office shall serve for a term of 2 years commencing upon their election and until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified. Provides that all full-time legal personnel (rather than staff attorneys and deputy directors) shall devote full time to their duties and may not engage in the private practice of law except for part-time staff. Eliminates the power of the Office to hire investigators. Repeals provisions relating to a county's participation in programs of the Office. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 3372"
citation: "Illinois SB 3372 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d861fc0-21f3-4397-b60c-326676a2d72c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3372&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=51231&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "98f1a955bf4e699b1cfb6a31aa635252e7ff6709c1264ce9779e2a06dd909831"
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 3372 (96th) — APPELLATE PROSECUTOR

Amends the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act. Provides that the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor is a judicial agency of State government. Provides that each elected member of the board of governor's of the Office shall serve for a term of 2 years commencing upon their election and until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified. Provides that all full-time legal personnel (rather than staff attorneys and deputy directors) shall devote full time to their duties and may not engage in the private practice of law except for part-time staff. Eliminates the power of the Office to hire investigators. Repeals provisions relating to a county's participation in programs of the Office. 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=09600SB3372&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51231&DocNum=3372&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3372eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51231&DocNum=3372&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB3372enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=51231&DocNum=3372&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William R. Haine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-10** Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-03** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
- **2010-03-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2010
- **2010-03-10** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-17** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Frank J. Mautino
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-23** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-05-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-05-28** Effective Date May 28, 2010
- **2010-05-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0900 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d861fc0-21f3-4397-b60c-326676a2d72c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).