# Illinois SB2784: JUDGES-6TH & 7TH JUD CIRCUITS Illinois SB2784, JUDGES-6TH & 7TH JUD CIRCUITS, is a 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Doris Turner (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-08-07 (Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0809) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IL-SB2784-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Illinois SB2784 - State: Illinois - Session: 104th General Assembly (2025–2026) - Title: JUDGES-6TH & 7TH JUD CIRCUITS - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-08-07, Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0809 - Sponsor: Doris Turner (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 9 - Subjects: assignments, executive - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (262 yes, 4 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that when a vacancy occurs in an at-large judgeship of the 6th judicial circuit, the at-large judgeship shall be converted to a resident judgeship for either Champaign County or Macon County, depending on which of those counties the incumbent at-large circuit judge resided in when the incumbent judge was elected. Requires one additional associate judge to be appointed in the 7th circuit. Effective immediately. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Doris Turner (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Adriane L. Johnson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Brandun Schweizer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Carol Ammons (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Daniel Didech (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Paul Faraci (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Regan Deering (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Sally J. Turner (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Sue Scherer (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tracy Katz Muhl (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-31 | Senate | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; | pass | 8 | 4 | | | 2026-05-31 | Senate | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs | pass | 55 | 0 | | | 2026-05-29 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed | pass | 112 | 0 | | | 2026-05-28 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2026-05-06 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-04-16 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; | pass | 57 | 0 | | | 2026-02-19 | Senate | Do Pass Executive; | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (53) - 2026-08-07: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0809 (Senate) - 2026-08-07: Effective Date August 7, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-08-07: Governor Approved (Senate) - 2026-06-29: Sent to the Governor (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Sen. Paul Faraci (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane L. Johnson (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Passed Both Houses (Senate) - 2026-05-31: Senate Concurs (Senate) - 2026-05-31: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 055-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-05-31: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 008-004-000 (Senate) - 2026-05-31: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive (Senate) - 2026-05-31: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-05-31: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Doris Turner (Senate) - 2026-05-30: Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 31, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-05-30: Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 (Senate) - 2026-05-30: Motion to Reconsider Vote - Withdrawn Rep. Ann M. Williams (House) - 2026-05-29: Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Ann M. Williams (House) - 2026-05-29: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl (House) - 2026-05-29: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer (House) - 2026-05-29: Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 (House) - 2026-05-29: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-05-29: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted (House) - 2026-05-28: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Regan Deering (House) - 2026-05-28: Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Regan Deering (House) - 2026-05-28: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 012-000-000 (House) - 2026-05-27: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer (House) - 2026-05-27: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee (House) - 2026-05-26: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-05-26: House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech (House) - 2026-05-22: Third Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2026 (House) - 2026-05-21: Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Regan Deering (House) - 2026-05-21: Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons (House) - 2026-05-19: Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-05-19: Second Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-05-06: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate (House) - 2026-05-06: Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000 (House) - 2026-04-27: Assigned to Executive Committee (House) - 2026-04-20: Referred to Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-20: First Reading (House) - 2026-04-20: Chief House Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech (House) - 2026-04-17: Arrived in House (House) - 2026-04-16: Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-04-14: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 15, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 26, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Second Reading (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 24, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Do Pass Executive; 008-000-000 (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Assigned to Executive (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Referred to Assignments (Senate) - 2026-01-13: First Reading (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Filed with Secretary by Sen. Doris Turner (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2784eng.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2784enr.pdf) - House Amendment 1: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2784ham001.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2784.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/SB/PDF/10400SB2784eng.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2784enr.pdf) - [House Amendment 1 (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2784ham001.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/SB/PDF/10400SB2784.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-SB2784-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).