---
type: "Bill"
title: "STATEWIDE GRAND JURY-APPOINT"
description: "STATEWIDE GRAND JURY-APPOINT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 4279"
citation: "Illinois HB 4279 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b370119c-ecfd-4cf0-8b9d-7e8b56d10525"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "6f21ec16e11faa34c766c9c816bfbbb8da161cf849a982f5c0a4f1ecc016f506"
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 4279 (91st) — STATEWIDE GRAND JURY-APPOINT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB4279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB4279LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BELLOCK — cosponsor (person)
- BROSNAHAN — cosponsor (person)
- DURKIN — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- ROSKAM — cosponsor (person)
- TURNER,JOHN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK
- **2000-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CRIMINAL H
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HJUB
- **2000-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2000-02-29T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BROSNAHAN
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DURKIN
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2000-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 117-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **2000-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 00-03-07
- **2000-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR ROSKAM
- **2000-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2000-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **2000-03-30T00:00:00-06:00** COMMITTEE JUDICIARY
- **2000-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 3-9(A) RULES
- **2000-11-09T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2000-11-15T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **2000-11-15T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **2000-11-15T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 009-000-000 SJUD
- **2000-11-15T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 00-11-16
- **2000-11-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2000-11-16T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 00-11-28
- **2000-11-28T00:00:00-06:00** 3/5 VOTE REQUIRED
- **2000-11-28T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2000-11-28T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2000-11-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2000-11-29T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/TURNER,JOHN
- **2000-11-29T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **2000-11-29T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-01-02T00:00:00-06:00** RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(B) RULES HRUL
- **2001-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 004-000-000 HRUL
- **2001-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/00-11-29
- **2001-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO HJUB
- **2001-01-08T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HJUB/010-000-000
- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/115-000-000
- **2001-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-01-12T00:00:00-06:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 01-02-09
- **2001-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0947

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b370119c-ecfd-4cf0-8b9d-7e8b56d10525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).