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Bill	JUV CT-MINOR-COUNSEL	Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that immediately upon the filing of a petition for a detention or shelter care hearing in the case of a minor retained in custody, the court shall cause counsel to be appointed to represent the minor. Provides that a detention or shelter care hearing may not be held until the minor has had adequate opportunity to consult with counsel.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 2118	Illinois SB 2118 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2008-02-14	2008-08-15	openstates	ocd-bill/6c6f49f7-3363-452e-ad50-f21be95efca0	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2118&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=35803&SessionID=51&GA=95	7b3d15922ded1c3b097416b1cf82886c89f8728d241e0131f02dd7587816847f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2118 (95th) — JUV CT-MINOR-COUNSEL

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that immediately upon the filing of a petition for a detention or shelter care hearing in the case of a minor retained in custody, the court shall cause counsel to be appointed to represent the minor. Provides that a detention or shelter care hearing may not be held until the minor has had adequate opportunity to consult with counsel.

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 — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 59–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kwame Raoul — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-14 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul filing
• 2008-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-02-14 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-02-20 Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2008-02-28 Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-02-28 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 5, 2008
• 2008-03-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2008-03-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 11, 2008
• 2008-04-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul amendment-introduction
• 2008-04-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2008-04-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
• 2008-04-10 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000
• 2008-04-16 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2008-04-16 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2008-04-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Raoul amendment-passage
• 2008-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2008-04-16 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-04-17 Arrived in House introduction
• 2008-04-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-17 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2008-04-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2008-04-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2008-04-30 Assigned to Juvenile Justice Reform Committee referral-committee
• 2008-05-09 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 23, 2008
• 2008-05-13 Do Pass / Short Debate Juvenile Justice Reform Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2008-05-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2008-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2008-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2008-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2008-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2008-08-15 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2008-08-15 Effective Date January 1, 2009
• 2008-08-15 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0846 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c6f49f7-3363-452e-ad50-f21be95efca0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).