# Illinois HB4217: COUNTIES CD-DEFENDER POWERS

Illinois HB4217, COUNTIES CD-DEFENDER POWERS, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-06-26 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0482) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Illinois HB4217
- State: Illinois
- Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026)
- Title: COUNTIES CD-DEFENDER POWERS
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-12-04
- Last action: 2026-06-26, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0482
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 5
- Subjects: judiciary - criminal, assignments, executive
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (152 yes, 53 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

Amends the Officers and Employees Article of the Counties Code. Allows public defenders who are representing a client in a criminal case to also represent the client in summary suspension or revocation hearings under a specified provision in the Illinois Vehicle Code.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More lawyer access for kids under 15: benefit, low. Beginning August 15, 2025, the law expands lawyer access during police questioning in custody for certain young minors. It covers cases under Juvenile Court Act Section 5-170 when the child was under 15 at the offense. If the offense occurred in a county with a full-time public defender office, def…
- Public defenders can handle related license suspensions: benefit, low. Beginning August 15, 2025, appointed public defenders can also handle a client's related license suspension hearing. This applies to statutory summary suspension proceedings arising from the same arrest as the criminal case. The public defender decides whether to take the suspension case. The law d…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Javier L. Cervantes (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kelly M. Cassidy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Ryan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Robert F. Martwick (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Will Guzzardi (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-05-20 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 43 | 15 |   |
| 2026-05-06 | Senate | Do Pass Executive; | pass | 10 | 3 |   |
| 2026-04-14 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 82 | 28 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; | pass | 8 | 2 |   |
| 2026-02-24 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; | pass | 9 | 5 |   |

## Bill text

- Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217eng.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217enr.pdf)
- House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217ham001.pdf)
- House Amendment 2: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217ham002.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS (passed house)
- SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS (passed senate)
- HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY (in committee)
- HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT (in committee)
- SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL (passed senate)
- SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION (signed)

## Sources
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217eng.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217enr.pdf)
- [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217ham001.pdf)
- [House Amendment 2 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217ham002.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4217.pdf)

## Related
- [HB5198: AFFORDABLE HOUSING-CILAS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB5198-2025-2026)
- [SB1937: PENSION CODE-VARIOUS](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB1937-2025-2026)
- [HB2563: CONDO-RESERVE STUDY](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB2563-2025-2026)
- [HB4701: LIMITATIONS FACILITY FEES ACT](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4701-2025-2026)
- [SB3008: DHS-ABLE PROGRAM INFO MATERIAL](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3008-2025-2026)
- [SB3484: VEH CD-PLATES-REGISTRATION](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB3484-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4217-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).