Illinois 102nd Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 5 D cosponsors

SB 563 — JUDICIAL QUALITY ACT

Last action — Session Sine Die

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 102nd Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Creates the Judicial Quality Act. Requires the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to develop and implement an ongoing education and training program for judges and relevant court personnel regarding domestic violence or intimate partner violence, child abuse, racial bias in sentencing, cultural competency, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender nonconforming individuals, and the impact of trauma on youth brain development. Provides requirements for the education and training program. Allows the education and training program to be conducted virtually or held through an in-person convening. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the education and training program shall include: hearing live testimony from individuals who may have been sentenced to 20 years or more or detained pretrial; and all judicial personnel (rather than no less than a quarter of State judges and relevant court personnel).

Bill Text

Amendments

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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons

  3. Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

  4. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 7, 2021

  5. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As April 30, 2021

  6. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2021

  7. Second Reading

  8. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters

  9. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy

  10. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter

  11. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 23, 2021

  12. Do Pass as Amended Executive; 011-006-000

  13. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  14. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive

  15. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  16. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino

  17. Assigned to Executive

  18. Referred to Assignments

  19. First Reading

  20. Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 178 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (178)

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Subjects

civil-rights education
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 563 do?
Creates the Judicial Quality Act. Requires the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to develop and implement an ongoing education and training program for judges and relevant court personnel regarding domestic violence or intimate partner violence, child abuse, racial bias in sentencing, cultural competency, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender nonconforming individuals, and the impact of trauma on youth brain development. Provides requirements for the education and training program. Allows the education and training program to be conducted virtually or held through an in-person convening. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the education and training program shall include: hearing live testimony from individuals who may have been sentenced to 20 years or more or detained pretrial; and all judicial personnel (rather than no less than a quarter of State judges and relevant court personnel).
Who sponsors SB 563?
SB 563 is sponsored by Omar Aquino (Democrat), Mattie Hunter (Democrat), Laura M. Murphy (Democrat), Robert Peters (Democrat), and Mike Simmons (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 563?
This bill died with 102nd Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 563?
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