Illinois Senate Bill 1837 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in counties with a population over 3,000,000, the public defender, without fee or appointment and with the concurrence of the county board, may act as attorney to noncitizens in immigration cases. Provides that representation by the public defender in immigration cases shall be limited to those arising in immigration courts located within the geographical boundaries of the county where the public defender has been appointed to office unless the board authorizes the public defender to provide representation outside the county.

PUBLIC DEFENDER-IMMIGRATION

Sen. Omar Aquino [D]

Sen. Christopher Belt [D]

Sen. Emil Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-04-16	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
2021-04-07	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2021-03-17	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
2021-02-26	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-26	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
55	5	3-4006	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1837&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB1837.htm