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Bill	COUNTIES CD-WAIVE JUROR FEES	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a juror may elect to waive any fees paid for service, transportation, or day care, or any combination thereof, as well as the fees paid for attending an inquest.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	SB 2492	Illinois SB 2492 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2011-10-12	2012-07-20	openstates	ocd-bill/4e292f5c-1311-4c6a-a293-ada6b0624536	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2492&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=61993&SessionID=84&GA=97	923c96ef56dbebc665e70a79aaa9c5cc0aaa6303cf69a5d60406878ade24db06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2492 (97th) — COUNTIES CD-WAIVE JUROR FEES

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a juror may elect to waive any fees paid for service, transportation, or day care, or any combination thereof, as well as the fees paid for attending an inquest.

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Susan Garrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-10-12 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Susan Garrett filing
• 2011-10-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-10-12 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-01-24 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2012-02-07 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-02-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 8, 2012
• 2012-02-08 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-02-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 9, 2012
• 2012-03-22 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
• 2012-03-22 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-03-22 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente
• 2012-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-10 Assigned to Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee referral-committee
• 2012-04-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary I - Civil Law Committee; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-04-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-04-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2012-04-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2012-04-25 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-04-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-05-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-20 Effective Date January 1, 2013
• 2012-07-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0840 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e292f5c-1311-4c6a-a293-ada6b0624536. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).