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| Bill | CAP LIT&ST APP DEF ACT-ASSIST | Amends the Capital Crimes Litigation Act. Provides that at the request of court appointed counsel in a case in which the death penalty is sought, attorneys employed by the State Appellate Defender may enter an appearance for the limited purpose of assisting appointed counsel. Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Provides that in addition to other assistance given, in cases in which a death sentence is an authorized disposition, a State Appellate Defender may provide trial counsel with legal advice. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | SB 469 | Illinois SB 469 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 28 | 2 | 2005-02-16 | 2005-07-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/715bbed8-7203-463f-bfe8-ae10c13373d4 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=469&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17256&SessionID=50&GA=94 | 903054d0972664c0066bb90d8dc9276f089f7c1b569307a9620975bd01d94e8a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 469 (94th) — CAP LIT&ST APP DEF ACT-ASSIST
Amends the Capital Crimes Litigation Act. Provides that at the request of court appointed counsel in a case in which the death penalty is sought, attorneys employed by the State Appellate Defender may enter an appearance for the limited purpose of assisting appointed counsel. Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Provides that in addition to other assistance given, in cases in which a death sentence is an authorized disposition, a State Appellate Defender may provide trial counsel with legal advice.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 83–32 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-16 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
filing - 2005-02-16 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-16 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-02-17 Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2005-02-24 Postponed - Judiciary
- 2005-03-02 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 3, 2005
- 2005-03-03 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 8, 2005
- 2005-04-07 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-07 Arrived in House
introduction - 2005-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-07 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- 2005-04-07 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-07 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-11 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- 2005-04-20 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-002-000
committee-passage - 2005-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-05-19 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 083-032-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-06-17 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-07-26 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-07-26 Effective Date January 1, 2006
- 2005-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0340
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/715bbed8-7203-463f-bfe8-ae10c13373d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).