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Bill	CAPITAL CRIMES LIT-EXPENSES	Amends the Capital Crimes Litigation Act. Provides that each provider of proposed capital litigation services must specify the best preliminary estimate that can be made in light of information received in the case at that point, and the provider must sign this estimate under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to verified statements made under the penalty of perjury. Provides that a provider of proposed services must also specify (1) his or her hourly rate; (2) the hourly rate of anyone else in his or her employ for whom reimbursement is sought; and (3) the hourly rate of any person or entity that may be subcontracted to perform these services. Provides that the court must certify reasonable and necessary expenses of the petitioner for travel and per diem (lodging, meals, and incidental expenses). Provides that these expenses must be paid at the rate as promulgated by the United States General Services Administration for these expenses for the date and location in which they were incurred, unless extraordinary reasons are shown for the difference. Provides that if the State Treasurer finds within 14 days of his or her receipt of a certification that the compensation and expenses to be paid are unreasonable, unnecessary, or inappropriate, he or she may return the certification to the court setting forth in detail the objection or objections with a request for the court to review the objection or objections before resubmitting the certification. Provides that the State Treasurer may only seek a review of a specific objection once. Provides that the claimant has 7 days from his or her receipt of the objections to file a response with the court. Provides that with or without further hearing, the court must promptly rule on the objections.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 869	Illinois HB 869 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2009-02-10	2009-08-13	openstates	ocd-bill/96ca0430-3d88-4946-9fa2-d391c64e4846	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=869&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=42408&SessionID=76&GA=96	733c5cdb6eecc1bd88c2c29d77177bee49a0458f3ae2d29058cb3cb7f45049be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 869 (96th) — CAPITAL CRIMES LIT-EXPENSES

Amends the Capital Crimes Litigation Act. Provides that each provider of proposed capital litigation services must specify the best preliminary estimate that can be made in light of information received in the case at that point, and the provider must sign this estimate under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to verified statements made under the penalty of perjury. Provides that a provider of proposed services must also specify (1) his or her hourly rate; (2) the hourly rate of anyone else in his or her employ for whom reimbursement is sought; and (3) the hourly rate of any person or entity that may be subcontracted to perform these services. Provides that the court must certify reasonable and necessary expenses of the petitioner for travel and per diem (lodging, meals, and incidental expenses). Provides that these expenses must be paid at the rate as promulgated by the United States General Services Administration for these expenses for the date and location in which they were incurred, unless extraordinary reasons are shown for the difference. Provides that if the State Treasurer finds within 14 days of his or her receipt of a certification that the compensation and expenses to be paid are unreasonable, unnecessary, or inappropriate, he or she may return the certification to the court setting forth in detail the objection or objections with a request for the court to review the objection or objections before resubmitting the certification. Provides that the State Treasurer may only seek a review of a specific objection once. Provides that the claimant has 7 days from his or her receipt of the objections to file a response with the court. Provides that with or without further hearing, the court must promptly rule on the objections.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arthur L. Turner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Arthur L. Turner filing
• 2009-02-10 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-10 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-18 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-26 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-26 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2009-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-04-30 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
• 2009-04-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-13 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-13 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-13 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0381 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96ca0430-3d88-4946-9fa2-d391c64e4846. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).