# Illinois HB4844: JUROR PAY-EMPLOYER Illinois HB4844, JUROR PAY-EMPLOYER, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-07-31 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0683); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4844-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois HB4844 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: JUROR PAY-EMPLOYER - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-03 - Last action: 2026-07-31, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0683 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 8 - Subjects: judiciary - civil, assignments, executive - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (137 yes, 72 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary Amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. Requires employers to compensate employees at the employee's regular rate of pay for time that the employee served on jury duty. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Paid jury duty for workers: mixed, low. Employees serving on a jury must receive their regular rate of pay for time served when their employer has more than 25 employees. Employers with 25 or fewer employees are exempt, so their workers are not covered by this pay requirement. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Amy Briel (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Emil Jones, III (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Javier L. Cervantes (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jay Hoffman (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mark L. Walker (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Porfirio (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Rachel Ventura (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert F. Martwick (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-20 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 35 | 20 | 1 | | 2026-05-06 | Senate | Do Pass Executive; | pass | 9 | 4 | | | 2026-04-16 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 69 | 34 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; | pass | 11 | 7 | | | 2026-03-25 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; | pass | 13 | 7 | | ## Actions (38) - 2026-07-31: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0683 (House) - 2026-07-31: Effective Date January 1, 2027 (House) - 2026-07-31: Governor Approved (House) - 2026-06-18: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2026-05-26: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes (Senate) - 2026-05-21: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio (Senate) - 2026-05-20: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III (Senate) - 2026-05-20: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura (Senate) - 2026-05-20: Passed Both Houses (House) - 2026-05-20: Third Reading - Passed; 035-020-001 (Senate) - 2026-05-20: Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker (Senate) - 2026-05-14: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-14: Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-06: Do Pass Executive; 009-004-000 (Senate) - 2026-04-28: Assigned to Executive (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-04-21: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Arrive in Senate (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel (House) - 2026-04-16: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-034-000 (House) - 2026-04-16: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-16: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2026-04-16: Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-15: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-007-000 (House) - 2026-04-14: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee (House) - 2026-04-13: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-13: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) - 2026-04-07: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-04-07: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-03-25: Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000 (House) - 2026-03-18: Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee (House) - 2026-02-06: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-02-06: First Reading (House) - 2026-02-03: Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4844eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4844enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4844ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4844.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/10400HB4844eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4844enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4844ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB4844.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) - [Illinois bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois/bills) - [Illinois state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/illinois) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-HB4844-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).