---
type: "Bill"
title: "ASSOCIATE JUDGES-NUMBER"
description: "Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning court business."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "99th"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Illinois SB 185 (99th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2016-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45b9e71c-ac2f-4b40-ac9b-a2ab2db57564"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=185&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=84144&SessionID=88&GA=99"
source_hash: "71a3f1c46810c4e2bf901eff4ae3444c1233327afab0a8b776314368dc5faf12"
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 185 (99th) — ASSOCIATE JUDGES-NUMBER

Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning court business.

## 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=09900SB0185&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84144&DocNum=185&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0185eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84144&DocNum=185&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900SB0185enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=84144&DocNum=185&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Koehler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2015-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2015-01-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Do Pass Executive; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
- **2015-04-15** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2015-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2015
- **2015-04-21** Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-09** Approved for Consideration Assignments
- **2016-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 10, 2016
- **2016-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. David Koehler `amendment-introduction`
- **2016-03-09** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. David Koehler
- **2016-03-10** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Chuck Weaver
- **2016-03-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary
- **2016-04-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2016-04-14** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2016-04-14** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Koehler `amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 18, 2016
- **2016-04-18** Third Reading - Passed; 046-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-04-18** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2016-04-19** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
- **2016-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2016-04-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2016
- **2016-05-27** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2016
- **2016-05-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch
- **2016-05-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2016-05-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-29** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-29** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2016-05-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2016-05-30** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2016-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2016-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-06-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-30** Effective Date June 30, 2016
- **2016-06-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0520 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45b9e71c-ac2f-4b40-ac9b-a2ab2db57564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).