---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIRCUIT COURTS-COMPLAINTS"
description: "Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that every circuit court judge shall announce that a person can file a complaint against him or her, prior to calling the first case of the day, and that a person can pick up a form with instructions on filing a complaint from the clerk. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall make available instructions for the filing of a complaint against a judge with the Judicial Inquiry Board. Provides that the clerk shall post within each courtroom a notice that a person may file a complaint against the judge and that instructions for filing a complaint may be obtained from the clerk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 3054"
citation: "Illinois HB 3054 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ee6a6f9-b498-467f-a411-7daf9d252b83"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3054&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104630&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "b836c799b9029bf91774eb28a9fdbda6c534bff75758fd2364d875e0bf4f6591"
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 3054 (100th) — CIRCUIT COURTS-COMPLAINTS

Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that every circuit court judge shall announce that a person can file a complaint against him or her, prior to calling the first case of the day, and that a person can pick up a form with instructions on filing a complaint from the clerk. Provides that the clerk of the circuit court shall make available instructions for the filing of a complaint against a judge with the Judicial Inquiry Board. Provides that the clerk shall post within each courtroom a notice that a person may file a complaint against the judge and that instructions for filing a complaint may be obtained from the clerk.

## 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=10000HB3054&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104630&DocNum=3054&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3054eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104630&DocNum=3054&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB3054enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=104630&DocNum=3054&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **105–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Davis `filing`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** To Commercial Law Subcommittee
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William Davis `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-15** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2017-03-22** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William Davis `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-22** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
- **2017-03-29** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
- **2017-03-29** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Judiciary - Civil Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2017-04-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2017-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2017-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2017
- **2017-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2017-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2018
- **2017-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0034 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ee6a6f9-b498-467f-a411-7daf9d252b83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).