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Bill	CIV PRO-INTERPRETER PRIVILEGE	Amends provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to privileged communications. Deletes language providing that the privilege of an interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing shall not be construed to prohibit a person licensed under the Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007 from voluntarily testifying in court hearings concerning matters of adoption, child abuse, child neglect, or other matters pertaining to children except as otherwise provided.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 1738	Illinois SB 1738 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2009-02-19	2009-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/cb7f6b95-c8dd-46c7-bf46-a10c96bb1981	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1738&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44465&SessionID=76&GA=96	256273810abe24f3d532bf87f2a844c7b0bd8bf14d2d030b91e2eb2313f8bebf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1738 (96th) — CIV PRO-INTERPRETER PRIVILEGE

Amends provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to privileged communications. Deletes language providing that the privilege of an interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing shall not be construed to prohibit a person licensed under the Interpreter for the Deaf Licensure Act of 2007 from voluntarily testifying in court hearings concerning matters of adoption, child abuse, child neglect, or other matters pertaining to children except as otherwise provided.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Deanna Demuzio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-19 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Deanna Demuzio filing
• 2009-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-19 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2009-03-11 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2009
• 2009-03-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
• 2009-04-01 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-04-01 Arrived in House introduction
• 2009-04-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-14 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2009-04-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-04-21 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-04-29 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2009-04-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 014-000-001 committee-passage
• 2009-04-29 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-12 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-18 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-17 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0552 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb7f6b95-c8dd-46c7-bf46-a10c96bb1981. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).