Illinois 98th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 977 — CIV PRO-INTERPRETER-JUROR

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    To Executive
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Summary

Amends the Judicial Circuits Apportionment Act of 2005. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

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What changed in the latest version

103 added · 19 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to Bill SB 977 amend the Jury Act to streamline how jurors are selected in Illinois. Specifically, the county boards will now have clearer guidelines for selecting jurors, allowing them to work alongside the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts. This change is important because it aims to improve the efficiency and fairness of the jury selection process, ensuring that jurors meet required qualifications while simplifying the administrative tasks involved.

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SB0977 *LRB09805218HEP35250b* 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2014 SB0977 Introduced 1/24/2013, by Sen.
SB0977 Engrossed LRB098 05218 HEP 35250 b AN ACT concerning courts.
John J.
Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCS 22/1 Amends the Judicial Circuits Apportionment Act of 2005.
Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
LRB098 05218 HEP 35250 b A BILL FOR SB0977 LRB098 05218 HEP 35250 b AN ACT concerning courts.
The Judicial Circuits Apportionment Act of 2005 is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
The Jury Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
(705 ILCS 22/1) Sec.
(705 ILCS 305/2) (from Ch.
78, par.
2) Sec.
2.
At the September meeting of the county board in each year in the respective counties in this State, except those that have jury commissioners, the board shall select from the list the number of persons as the judges of the circuit courts, to be held in the county during the succeeding year, may by joint action determine to serve as petit jurors.
In counties having jury commissioners, the persons to serve as petit jurors shall be selected by the jury commissioners, as provided by law.
County boards, a jury administrator, and jury commissioners may utilize the services of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts in making these selections.
Jurors in all counties in Illinois must have the legal qualifications herein prescribed.
Jurors must be:
(1) Inhabitants of the county.
(2) Of the age of 18 years or upwards.
(3) Free from all legal exception, of fair character, of approved integrity, of sound judgment, well informed, and able SB0977 Engrossed - 2 - LRB098 05218 HEP 35250 b to understand the English language, whether in spoken or written form, or interpreted into sign language, or, in counties in which a pilot program is implemented in accordance with Section 8-1403 of the Code of Civil Procedure, interpreted or translated into the juror's predominant language.
(4) Citizens of the United States of America.
(Source:
P.A.
90-482, eff.
1-1-98.) Section 10.
The Jury Secrecy Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
(705 ILCS 315/1) (from Ch.
78, par.
36) Sec.
Short title.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever knowingly and wilfully, by any device or means whatsoever records or attempts to record, the proceedings of a petit jury in any court of the State of Illinois while the jury is deliberating or voting, or listens to or observes, or attempts to listen to or observe, the proceedings of any petit jury of which he is not a member in any court of the State of Illinois while the jury is deliberating or voting, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
This Act may be cited as the the Judicial Circuits Apportionment Act of 2005.
However, if any juror is deaf or hard of hearing, the juror may be accompanied by and may communicate with a court appointed interpreter throughout any period during which the jury is sequestered or engaged in its deliberations.
In counties in which a pilot program is implemented in accordance with Section 8-1403 of the Code of Civil Procedure, SB0977 Engrossed - 3 - LRB098 05218 HEP 35250 b if any juror's predominant language is not English, the juror may be accompanied by an interpreter.
In the case of a non-English speaking juror, the interpreter shall be available throughout the actual trial and may accompany and communicate with the juror throughout any period during which the jury is sequestered or engaged in its deliberations.
If the jury foreman reasonably believes that an the interpreter is doing more than interpreting, nothing in this Act shall prevent him or her from petitioning the court and requesting that the interpreter be replaced with another interpreter.
(b) A petit juror in any court of the State of Illinois shall be entitled to take notes in connection with and solely for the purpose of assisting him in the performance of his duties as juror, and the sheriff of the county in which such juror is serving shall provide writing materials for that purpose.
Such notes shall remain confidential, and shall be destroyed by the sheriff after the verdict has been returned or a mistrial declared.
93-1102, eff.
88-27.) Section 15.
4-7-05.)
The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by adding Sections 8-1403 as follows:
(735 ILCS 5/8-1403 new) Sec.
8-1403.
Accommodation for jurors whose predominant language is not English.
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SB0977 Engrossed - 4 - LRB098 05218 HEP 35250 b (a) In the counties of Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, and Will, the court shall implement a pilot program to appoint a qualified interpreter to interpret or translate proceedings for a juror whose predominant language is not English.
The interpreter shall be available throughout the trial and may accompany and communicate with the juror throughout any period during which the jury is sequestered or engaged in its deliberations.
The court shall determine and allow a reasonable fee for all services provided under this Section which shall be paid out of general county funds.
(b) The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall record the following regarding the pilot program:
the amount of funding that is expended;
what languages are interpreted;
and the extent to which interpreters are used in each county in which the pilot program operates.
(c) Before a qualified interpreter participates in any proceedings authorized under this Section, the interpreter shall make an oath or affirmation that the interpreter will:
(1) make a true interpretation from English to the juror's predominant language and from the juror's predominant language to English;
(2) not interject the interpreter's own thoughts, beliefs, conclusions, or opinions regarding any interpretation of what the evidence shows, what the instructions mean, or how the evidence is analyzed as it relates to the instructions issued by the court;
and SB0977 Engrossed - 5 - LRB098 05218 HEP 35250 b (3) not express any opinion as to what the verdict should be.
(d) This Section is repealed 2 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Referred to Rules Committee

  3. First Reading

  4. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

  5. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto

  6. Arrived in House

  7. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  8. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  9. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  10. Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000

  11. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes

  12. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading

  13. Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 Adopted; Martinez

  14. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Martinez

  15. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Martinez

  16. Recalled to Second Reading

  17. Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 012-000-000

  18. Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 Assignments Refers to Judiciary

  19. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 8, 2014

  20. Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 Referred to Assignments

  21. Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  22. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.

  23. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(b-1), this amendment will remain in the Committee on Assignments.

  24. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Postponed - Judiciary

  25. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Assignments Refers to Judiciary

  26. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Referred to Assignments

  27. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  28. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments

  29. Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  30. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 1, 2014

  31. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments

  32. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  33. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-002-000

  34. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary; 008-002-000

  35. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Judiciary

  36. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  37. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  38. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Judiciary

  39. Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  40. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Judiciary

  41. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  42. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

  43. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2014

  44. Approved for Consideration Assignments

  45. Re-referred to Assignments

  46. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 16, 2013

  47. Second Reading

  48. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 21, 2013

  49. Do Pass Executive; 010-000-000

  50. Assigned to Executive

  51. Referred to Assignments

  52. First Reading

  53. Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton

Sponsors

  • Iris Y. Martinez · Cosponsor

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (1)

  • Iris Y. Martinez

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 56 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 43000
Democrat 10003
Republican 3000
Total 56003
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Kotowski — Yea
LaHood — Yea
Link — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Barickman — Yea
Bertino-Tarrant — Yea
Biss — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bush — Yea
McConnaughay — Yea
Mulroe — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Manar — Yea
McCann — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Muñoz — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Harris — Yea
Steans — Yea
Brady — Yea
Trotter — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Cullerton, T. — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Connelly — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Haine — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Landek — Yea
Noland — Yea
Oberweis — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Sandoval — Yea
Van Pelt — Yea
Bill Cunningham Democrat Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Not Voting
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Not Voting
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Not Voting
Michael E. Hastings Democrat Yea
Steve Stadelman Democrat Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea
Sue Rezin Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 977 do?
Amends the Judicial Circuits Apportionment Act of 2005. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Who sponsors SB 977?
SB 977 is sponsored by Iris Y. Martinez.
What is the current status of SB 977?
This bill died with 98th 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.
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