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type: "Bill"
title: "JURY ACT-JUROR EXEMP-MOTHER"
description: "Amends the Jury Act. Provides that any mother nursing her child shall, upon request, be excused from jury service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 517"
citation: "Illinois SB 517 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-17"
last_action: "2005-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e0d9b16-9612-4980-a8cc-6e014c1f0d92"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=517&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=17326&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "bb96515ba9035934a6bc4b09c580a7b10b3bffbf3bb645d318a2f43d10f8a826"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 517 (94th) — JURY ACT-JUROR EXEMP-MOTHER
Amends the Jury Act. Provides that any mother nursing her child shall, upon request, be excused from jury service.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0517&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17326&DocNum=517&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0517eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17326&DocNum=517&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB0517enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=17326&DocNum=517&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9712** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **550** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Don Harmon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-02-17** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2005-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-17** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-23** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-01** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-03-02** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 008-000-002 `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. 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 I - Civil Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-05** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-012-006 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-01** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-01** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-01** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0391 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e0d9b16-9612-4980-a8cc-6e014c1f0d92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).