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Bill	STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER	Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Provides that the State Appellate Defender may hire investigators to provide investigative services to appointed counsel and county public defenders. Provides that investigators employed by the Death Penalty Trial Assistance and Capital Litigation Division of the State Appellate Defender shall be authorized to inquire with the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) to ascertain whether their potential witnesses have a criminal background. Provides that the authorization applies only to information held on the State level and shall be used only to protect the personal safety of the investigators. Provides that any information that is obtained through this inquiry may not be disclosed by the investigators.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 2536	Illinois SB 2536 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2004-02-03	2004-08-24	openstates	ocd-bill/09296f22-3c6c-40ea-8a52-f00b9045f807	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2536&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=8848&SessionID=3&GA=93	60fd0fbc4367c0b734cf42e1b61fa229dbea7f0589c67a30509a55dd8730e987	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2536 (93rd) — STATE APPELLATE DEFENDER

Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Provides that the State Appellate Defender may hire investigators to provide investigative services to appointed counsel and county public defenders. Provides that investigators employed by the Death Penalty Trial Assistance and Capital Litigation Division of the State Appellate Defender shall be authorized to inquire with the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) to ascertain whether their potential witnesses have a criminal background. Provides that the authorization applies only to information held on the State level and shall be used only to protect the personal safety of the investigators. Provides that any information that is obtained through this inquiry may not be disclosed by the investigators.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
• Patricia Bailey — cosponsor (person)
• William Delgado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-02-03 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2004-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-02-03 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2004-02-18 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2004-02-25 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
• 2004-02-26 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2004
• 2004-03-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2004-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2004
• 2004-03-25 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2004-03-25 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2004-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-30 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2004-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2004-03-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2004-05-11 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2004-05-14 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 31, 2004
• 2004-05-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2004-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-18 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
• 2004-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2004-05-19 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2004-05-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2004-05-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2004-05-27 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2004-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2004-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2004-08-24 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2004-08-24 Effective Date January 1, 2005
• 2004-08-24 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-1011 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09296f22-3c6c-40ea-8a52-f00b9045f807. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).