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Bill	23RD JUDICIAL CIR JUDGESHIPS	Amends the Circuit Courts Act, the Judicial Vacancies Act, and the Associate Judges Act. Converts the first vacant 23rd circuit associate judgeship into a resident judgeship from DeKalb County in the 23rd circuit. Provides that the additional resident judgeship shall be filled by election beginning at the 2016 general election, and that the Supreme Court may fill the judgeship by appointment prior to the 2016 general election. Provides that as used in the new provisions, a vacancy does not include the expiration of a term of a resident judge who seeks retention in that office at the next term and that a vacancy does not exist or occur at the expiration of an associate judge's term if the associate judge is reappointed. Makes corresponding changes. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	HB 5824	Illinois HB 5824 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	37	2	2014-02-14	2014-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/200df41c-7f9a-4543-8d73-a9fb8a31b4b2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5824&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81123&SessionID=85&GA=98	43e2de566990a22cc89de8f42a6a4089d75d40aa150996e981106f8ecf8d01a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5824 (98th) — 23RD JUDICIAL CIR JUDGESHIPS

Amends the Circuit Courts Act, the Judicial Vacancies Act, and the Associate Judges Act. Converts the first vacant 23rd circuit associate judgeship into a resident judgeship from DeKalb County in the 23rd circuit. Provides that the additional resident judgeship shall be filled by election beginning at the 2016 general election, and that the Supreme Court may fill the judgeship by appointment prior to the 2016 general election. Provides that as used in the new provisions, a vacancy does not include the expiration of a term of a resident judge who seeks retention in that office at the next term and that a vacancy does not exist or occur at the expiration of an associate judge's term if the associate judge is reappointed. Makes corresponding changes. 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 — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert W. Pritchard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard filing
• 2014-02-14 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-02-14 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-02-24 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard amendment-introduction
• 2014-02-28 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 amendment-failure
• 2014-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-03-05 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard amendment-introduction
• 2014-03-05 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-03-06 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard amendment-introduction
• 2014-04-01 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-02 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-04-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-03 House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2014-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-04-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-04-04 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Anthony
• 2014-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2014-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2014 reading-1
• 2014-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2014-04-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-04-08 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2014-05-08 Do Pass Executive; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2014
• 2014-05-12 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2014
• 2014-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-22 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-07-16 Effective Date July 16, 2014
• 2014-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0744 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/200df41c-7f9a-4543-8d73-a9fb8a31b4b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).