---
type: "Bill"
title: "$STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER"
description: "Makes appropriations to the State Appellate Defender for ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 2165"
citation: "Illinois HB 2165 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc41a65d-e68f-4afa-a75e-00f41255a096"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2165&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59384&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "2f1452931960bf748682c85eda018f8221ef8bfab2cdd4104eb75aa513e4df80"
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 2165 (97th) — $STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER

Makes appropriations to the State Appellate Defender for ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB2165.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB2165eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/PDF/09700HB2165enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **33–25** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **104–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Madigan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `filing`
- **2011-02-18** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
- **2011-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-22** Assigned to Appropriations-Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Luis Arroyo `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Public Safety Committee
- **2011-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Appropriations-Public Safety Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Appropriations-Public Safety Committee; 012-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. David Reis `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-010-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-05-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading May 13, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2011-05-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-05-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-19** Assigned to Appropriations I `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-26** Held in Appropriations I
- **2011-05-29** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-29** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2011-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 29, 2011
- **2011-05-29** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-29** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 30, 2011
- **2011-05-30** Third Reading - Passed; 033-025-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-06-30** Effective Date July 1, 2011
- **2011-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0063 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc41a65d-e68f-4afa-a75e-00f41255a096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).