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Bill	CRIM PRO - STATE APP. DEFENDER	Amends State Appellate Defender Act. Deletes the discretionary duty of the State Appellate Defender to provide assistance to trial counsel in capital cases. Adds the discretionary duty to provide training, assistance of expert witnesses, and investigators to public defenders from funds appropriated for those purposes. Prohibits the State Appellate Defender from being appointed as trial counsel. Deletes authority of investigators for the Capital Trial Assistance Unit and Capital Post Conviction Unit to access the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) for witness background checks. Deletes the authority for the State Appellate Defender to request appropriations from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund for capital case expenses in assisting trial counsel, representing petitioners in post-conviction proceedings, and in defending cases in counties other than Cook County. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5441	Illinois HB 5441 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	27	2	2012-02-09	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/b32492dd-109f-4c8d-bf98-e42bc95a5c06	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5441&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=65710&SessionID=84&GA=97	e88e37f860e953f274ad6b26d6090e82458189ae5a1011ecbfc495789b050a7b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5441 (97th) — CRIM PRO - STATE APP. DEFENDER

Amends State Appellate Defender Act. Deletes the discretionary duty of the State Appellate Defender to provide assistance to trial counsel in capital cases. Adds the discretionary duty to provide training, assistance of expert witnesses, and investigators to public defenders from funds appropriated for those purposes. Prohibits the State Appellate Defender from being appointed as trial counsel. Deletes authority of investigators for the Capital Trial Assistance Unit and Capital Post Conviction Unit to access the Law Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) for witness background checks. Deletes the authority for the State Appellate Defender to request appropriations from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund for capital case expenses in assisting trial counsel, representing petitioners in post-conviction proceedings, and in defending cases in counties other than Cook County. Effective immediately.

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 — 49–6 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 77–32 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
• Karen A. Yarbrough — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough filing
• 2012-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-27 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2012-03-07 Do Pass / Standard Debate State Government Administration Committee; 010-007-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
• 2012-03-27 Second Reading - Standard Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-27 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
• 2012-03-29 Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 077-032-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-30 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2012-03-30 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-30 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2012-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass Criminal Law; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
• 2012-05-22 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 049-006-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-08-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-08-17 Effective Date August 17, 2012
• 2012-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1003 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b32492dd-109f-4c8d-bf98-e42bc95a5c06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).