republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/sb-291.md

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Bill	SHERIFF WARRANT LIABILITY	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that no sheriff shall be civilly liable for serving any warrant, order, process, or judgment that, on its face, is apparently legally issued to him or her by a court of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	SB 291	Illinois SB 291 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2003-02-05	2003-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/d1f677e4-9da6-4d10-abc4-c064acaaac64	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=291&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1946&SessionID=3&GA=93	9619acd81b196c16466166b24055de38621fe4e69dd5f7fcc15dd66678af993e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 291 (93rd) — SHERIFF WARRANT LIABILITY

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that no sheriff shall be civilly liable for serving any warrant, order, process, or judgment that, on its face, is apparently legally issued to him or her by a court of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.

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 — 117–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• George P. Shadid — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-02-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid filing
• 2003-02-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-02-05 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-02-06 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2003-02-27 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2003-03-04 Re-referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-05 Re-assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2003-03-06 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive
• 2003-03-12 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2003-03-13 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
• 2003-03-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid amendment-introduction
• 2003-03-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Executive
• 2003-03-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Adopted Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2003-03-25 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Shadid amendment-passage
• 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
• 2003-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-02 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2003-04-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-04-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-03 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 018-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-01 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-25 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0386 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1f677e4-9da6-4d10-abc4-c064acaaac64. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).