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Bill	APPELLATE PROSECUTOR-DUTIES	Amends the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act. Provides that the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and all attorneys employed by the Office may also assist State's Attorneys in the discharge of their duties on hearings in post-conviction proceedings. Provides that the Director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor may contract for such investigators (rather than hire no more than 0 investigators) to provide investigative services in criminal cases and tax objection cases for staff counsel and county State's attorneys. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 5749	Illinois HB 5749 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2012-02-16	2012-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/f7f6e7d1-c47f-4530-ac54-5acae01b2f31	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5749&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=66234&SessionID=84&GA=97	b95d2625c59b16676f03528e8b7c03e396de9982c13c4d015c6601aa663b18b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5749 (97th) — APPELLATE PROSECUTOR-DUTIES

Amends the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act. Provides that the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor and all attorneys employed by the Office may also assist State's Attorneys in the discharge of their duties on hearings in post-conviction proceedings. Provides that the Director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor may contract for such investigators (rather than hire no more than 0 investigators) to provide investigative services in criminal cases and tax objection cases for staff counsel and county State's attorneys. 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 — 107–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Frank J. Mautino — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-16 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Frank J. Mautino filing
• 2012-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-02-16 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-22 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-02-29 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-03-01 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-03-29 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-001-001 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. William R. Haine
• 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; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 19, 2012
• 2012-05-02 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
• 2012-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 97-1012 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7f6e7d1-c47f-4530-ac54-5acae01b2f31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).