republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/sb-516.md

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Bill	CD CIV PRO-JUDGES	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a judge named in a petition for the substitution of a judge need not testify but may submit an affidavit if the judge wishes. Provides that if the petition for substitution is allowed, the case shall be assigned to a judge not named in the petition. Provides that if the petition for substitution is denied, then the case shall be assigned back to the judge named in the petition.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 516	Illinois SB 516 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2005-02-17	2005-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/949a5667-f65f-4614-a19c-996d327e5b69	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=516&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17325&SessionID=50&GA=94	d3286f027be49012a2e28f735d53ee66a9a2dbed64fe667c3d9176e535c79c9a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 516 (94th) — CD CIV PRO-JUDGES

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a judge named in a petition for the substitution of a judge need not testify but may submit an affidavit if the judge wishes. Provides that if the petition for substitution is allowed, the case shall be assigned to a judge not named in the petition. Provides that if the petition for substitution is denied, then the case shall be assigned back to the judge named in the petition.

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 — 55–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-17 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton filing
• 2005-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-17 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 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; 055-000-000 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. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2005-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-27 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-10 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0531 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/949a5667-f65f-4614-a19c-996d327e5b69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).