---
type: "Bill"
title: "APPELLATE COURT-TECH"
description: "Creates the Appellate Court Arbitration Act. Contains a short title only."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "SB 2757"
citation: "Illinois SB 2757 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2004-02-05"
last_action: "2004-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ea40546-e5ed-4fe2-996b-300f47535dfa"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2757&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=12830&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "344f4f83769411131b272e4441de5cd5f67e50fe96bccc7586986ce2a359c928"
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 2757 (93rd) — APPELLATE COURT-TECH

Creates the Appellate Court Arbitration Act. Contains a short title only.

## 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=09300SB2757&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=12830&DocNum=2757&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2757eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=12830&DocNum=2757&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300SB2757enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=12830&DocNum=2757&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **53–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **51–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-05** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2004-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-02-05** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-18** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-26** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
- **2004-03-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-10** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-23** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2004-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Adopted Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton `amendment-passage`
- **2004-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
- **2004-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 051-005-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2004-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2004-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Michael J. Madigan
- **2004-04-01** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
- **2004-04-02** Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-04-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-05-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-11** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01
- **2004-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 01-May 12, 2004.
- **2004-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2004-05-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 009-000-000
- **2004-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 053-003-000
- **2004-05-26** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2004
- **2004-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0801 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ea40546-e5ed-4fe2-996b-300f47535dfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).