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| Bill | APP DEFEND-JUV RESOURCE CENTER | Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Provides that the State Appellate Defender may develop a Juvenile Defender Resource Center to: (i) study, design, develop, and implement model systems for the delivery of trial level defender services for juveniles in the justice system; (ii) in cases in which a sentence of incarceration or an adult sentence, or both, is an authorized disposition, provide trial counsel with legal advice and the assistance of expert witnesses and investigators from funds appropriated to the Office of the State Appellate Defender by the General Assembly specifically for that purpose; (iii) develop and provide training to public defenders on juvenile justice issues, utilizing resources including the State and local bar associations, the Illinois Public Defender Association, law schools, the Midwest Juvenile Defender Center, and pro bono efforts by law firms, and (iv) make an annual report to the General Assembly. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | SB 521 | Illinois SB 521 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 32 | 2 | 2007-02-08 | 2007-08-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/ff6c43b1-0589-4200-9356-11c578064765 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=521&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28320&SessionID=51&GA=95 | b9a1c32c13adf907d71c1236899f21ca63e9e6ef44771ba284f51454effd0c62 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 521 (95th) — APP DEFEND-JUV RESOURCE CENTER
Amends the State Appellate Defender Act. Provides that the State Appellate Defender may develop a Juvenile Defender Resource Center to: (i) study, design, develop, and implement model systems for the delivery of trial level defender services for juveniles in the justice system; (ii) in cases in which a sentence of incarceration or an adult sentence, or both, is an authorized disposition, provide trial counsel with legal advice and the assistance of expert witnesses and investigators from funds appropriated to the Office of the State Appellate Defender by the General Assembly specifically for that purpose; (iii) develop and provide training to public defenders on juvenile justice issues, utilizing resources including the State and local bar associations, the Illinois Public Defender Association, law schools, the Midwest Juvenile Defender Center, and pro bono efforts by law firms, and (iv) make an annual report to the General Assembly.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-02-08 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
filing - 2007-02-08 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-02-08 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-02-21 Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2007-03-07 Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 006-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-03-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 8, 2007
- 2007-03-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
- 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000
- 2007-03-22 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton
amendment-passage - 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- 2007-03-29 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-03-30 Arrived in House
introduction - 2007-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-03-30 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jay C. Hoffman
- 2007-04-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-04-09 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-04-30 Assigned to Juvenile Justice Reform Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Juvenile Justice Reform Committee; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-25 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
- 2007-05-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2007-05-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-05-29 Passed Both Houses
- 2007-06-27 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2007-08-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2007-08-23 Effective Date January 1, 2008
- 2007-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0376
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff6c43b1-0589-4200-9356-11c578064765. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).