republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/98th/hb-5824.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "23RD JUDICIAL CIR JUDGESHIPS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 5824"
citation: "Illinois HB 5824 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/200df41c-7f9a-4543-8d73-a9fb8a31b4b2"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5824&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=81123&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "43e2de566990a22cc89de8f42a6a4089d75d40aa150996e981106f8ecf8d01a8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5824&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81123&DocNum=5824&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5824eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81123&DocNum=5824&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB5824enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=81123&DocNum=5824&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/200df41c-7f9a-4543-8d73-a9fb8a31b4b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).