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type: "Bill"
title: "JUV CT-MINOR-COUNSEL"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 2118"
citation: "Illinois SB 2118 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6f49f7-3363-452e-ad50-f21be95efca0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2118&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=35803&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "7b3d15922ded1c3b097416b1cf82886c89f8728d241e0131f02dd7587816847f"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2118&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35803&DocNum=2118&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2118eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35803&DocNum=2118&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2118enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=35803&DocNum=2118&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1110** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **590** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c6f49f7-3363-452e-ad50-f21be95efca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).