republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-4971.md

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Bill	CORONER-INQUEST	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in all counties (instead of counties that do not have a jury commission) the coroner may (now, the coroner shall) summon 8 persons to present themselves to serve as jurors for inquests in cases involving apparent suicide, homicide, accidental death, or other cases, within the discretion of the coroner, and the coroner shall select 6 persons to serve as jurors.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 4971	Illinois HB 4971 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2006-01-19	2006-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/48fd3ef7-8f64-4105-b189-0b69cfdeb8c2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4971&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=23948&SessionID=50&GA=94	754b0d944ddbf9d8c0752cb7e20585c0abf2172ed36788c763b614814cecc7d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4971 (94th) — CORONER-INQUEST

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in all counties (instead of counties that do not have a jury commission) the coroner may (now, the coroner shall) summon 8 persons to present themselves to serve as jurors for inquests in cases involving apparent suicide, homicide, accidental death, or other cases, within the discretion of the coroner, and the coroner shall select 6 persons to serve as jurors.

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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Brady — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2006-01-19 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady filing
• 2006-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-01-31 Assigned to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2006-02-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Local Government Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-02-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-02-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-02-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-02-16 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-02-16 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2006-02-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady amendment-introduction
• 2006-02-16 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2006-02-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2006-02-21 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron Schock
• 2006-02-21 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2006-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2006-02-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-02-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2006-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2006 reading-1
• 2006-02-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
• 2006-02-23 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
• 2006-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2006-02-27 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2006-03-15 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2006-03-23 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2006-03-24 Do Pass Local Government; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2006-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 27, 2006
• 2006-03-27 Second Reading reading-2
• 2006-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 28, 2006
• 2006-03-30 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2006-03-30 Passed Both Houses
• 2006-04-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2006-06-26 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2006-06-26 Effective Date January 1, 2007
• 2006-06-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0924 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48fd3ef7-8f64-4105-b189-0b69cfdeb8c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).