republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/90th/sb-445.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CIV PRO-COURT-LANG INTERPRETER"
description: "CIV PRO-COURT-LANG INTERPRETER"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 445"
citation: "Illinois SB 445 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 74
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5032ea25-21cc-4dbd-be34-51f173a5e1c4"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "285c2ef1c8991db370e9c20dda0640e342a3e3281537e5150172bd469f09652f"
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 445 (90th) — CIV PRO-COURT-LANG INTERPRETER

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0445LV.html)

## Sponsors

- DEL VALLE — cosponsor (person)
- MULLIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- SHAW — cosponsor (person)
- SILVA — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 010-000-000 SJUD
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-13
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-14
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 052-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR SILVA
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/STANDARD DEBATE 006-005-000 HJUA
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CAL 2ND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED CROSS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED CROSS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED CROSS
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-SILVA
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-SILVA
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED/BLACK
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED AS AMENDED/BLACK
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-SILVA
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE REQUEST-WITHDRAWN AS AMENDED/BLACK
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** JUDICIAL NOTE REQUESTED WITHDRAWN/BLACK
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - CONSIDERATION POSTPONED `reading-3`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR-CONSIDERATION POSTPONED
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL
- **1998-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR-CONSIDERATION POSTPONED
- **1998-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** RECLLD TO SECOND READING-STANDARD DEBATE
- **1998-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SILVA
- **1998-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1998-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SILVA
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL
- **1998-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** HELD CAL ORDER 2ND READING-STANDARD DBT
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-SILVA
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-STNDRD DEBATE
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MULLIGAN
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/STANDARD DEBATE/PASS 116-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/DEL VALLE
- **1998-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/DEL VALLE
- **1998-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SJUD
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/DEL VALLE
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SJUD/007-000-000
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/DEL VALLE
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/058-000-000
- **1998-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-06-18T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-01-01
- **1998-08-14T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0771

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5032ea25-21cc-4dbd-be34-51f173a5e1c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).