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Bill	CIRCUIT COURTS-WITNESS FEES	Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that witness fees in actions arising under the Abused, Neglected or Dependent Minors Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be paid in the same manner as witness fees paid in criminal cases. Requires a witness seeking reimbursement to file an affidavit stating, among other things, that the attendance of the witness was at the instance of the State's Attorney or attorney of any other party to the action. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	98th	SB 2783	Illinois SB 2783 (98th)	bill		enacted		3	24	2	2014-01-30	2014-08-01	openstates	ocd-bill/6ffe8fff-18d0-459a-9076-f2407e4b87c1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2783&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=78648&SessionID=85&GA=98	a9d74513bf270cfc94301d2d46d92f26b3271004fd40fbc28853bcc2259f0b0e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2783 (98th) — CIRCUIT COURTS-WITNESS FEES

Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that witness fees in actions arising under the Abused, Neglected or Dependent Minors Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall be paid in the same manner as witness fees paid in criminal cases. Requires a witness seeking reimbursement to file an affidavit stating, among other things, that the attendance of the witness was at the instance of the State's Attorney or attorney of any other party to the action. 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 — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 104–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kwame Raoul — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-30 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kwame Raoul filing
• 2014-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-01-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2014-02-11 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2014-02-19 Do Pass Criminal Law; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-02-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2014
• 2014-02-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2014-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 25, 2014
• 2014-03-04 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-03-04 Arrived in House introduction
• 2014-03-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
• 2014-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2014-03-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2014-04-23 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2014-04-30 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-07 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2014-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2014-05-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2014-05-08 Passed Both Houses
• 2014-06-06 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-08-01 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2014-08-01 Effective Date August 1, 2014
• 2014-08-01 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0826 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ffe8fff-18d0-459a-9076-f2407e4b87c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).