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Bill	CIV PRO-ATTY ISSUED SUBPOENA	Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an attorney, as an officer of the court, may issue subpoenas on behalf of a clerk for witnesses and to counties in a pending action (instead of limiting the issuance of subpoenas to court clerks).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 4119	Illinois HB 4119 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	35	2	2007-07-06	2009-02-17	openstates	ocd-bill/b2e5c58e-7fbc-4dbe-868e-50a4d8d10e18	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4119&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=33880&SessionID=51&GA=95	0285596e99cb71746d392c2b857fcf8b743b8ce75b948e8821abf71398d3749e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4119 (95th) — CIV PRO-ATTY ISSUED SUBPOENA

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an attorney, as an officer of the court, may issue subpoenas on behalf of a clerk for witnesses and to counties in a pending action (instead of limiting the issuance of subpoenas to court clerks).

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

Sponsors

• William B. Black — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-07-06 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William B. Black filing
• 2007-07-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-07-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2008-02-06 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2008-02-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 009-001-000 committee-passage
• 2008-02-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-02-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William B. Black amendment-introduction
• 2008-02-14 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2008-02-19 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William B. Black amendment-introduction
• 2008-02-19 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2008-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-03-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2008-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2008-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2008-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-04-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-04-16 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2008-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 17, 2008 reading-1
• 2008-04-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
• 2008-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-23 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-05-15 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008; Substantive House Bills Out of Committee
• 2008-11-12 Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As January 13, 2009
• 2008-11-12 Assigned to Judiciary Civil Law referral-committee
• 2008-11-19 Do Pass Judiciary Civil Law; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-11-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading November 19, 2008
• 2008-11-19 Second Reading reading-2
• 2008-11-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading November 20, 2008
• 2008-11-20 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-11-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2008-12-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-02-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-02-17 Effective Date June 1, 2009
• 2009-02-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-1033 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2e5c58e-7fbc-4dbe-868e-50a4d8d10e18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).