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IL HB 4844

enacted

JUROR PAY-EMPLOYER

Illinois · 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did IL HB 4844 pass?

Yes. IL HB 4844 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-31): Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0683

What is IL HB 4844 about?

IL HB 4844 is a bill in the 104th General Assembly, 2026 Session titled “JUROR PAY-EMPLOYER”.

Who sponsors IL HB 4844?

Robert F. Martwick, Jay Hoffman are the primary sponsors of IL HB 4844, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced
2026-04-13
Latest action
2026-07-31 — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0683
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Robert F. Martwickprimary
  • Jay Hoffmanprimary
  • Mark L. Walkercosponsor
  • Rachel Venturacosponsor
  • Emil Jones, IIIcosponsor
  • Mike Porfiriocosponsor
  • Javier L. Cervantescosponsor
  • Amy Brielcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-31

    Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0683

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-31

    Effective Date January 1, 2027

  3. 2026-07-31

    Governor Approved

    executive-signature

  4. 2026-06-18

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  5. 2026-05-26

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes

  6. 2026-05-21

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio

  7. 2026-05-20

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III

  8. 2026-05-20

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura

  9. 2026-05-20

    Passed Both Houses

  10. 2026-05-20

    Third Reading - Passed; 035-020-001

    passage,reading-3

  11. 2026-05-20

    Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mark L. Walker

  12. 2026-05-14

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 18, 2026

  13. 2026-05-14

    Second Reading

    reading-2

  14. 2026-05-06

    Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2026

    reading-2

  15. 2026-05-06

    Do Pass Executive; 009-004-000

  16. 2026-04-28

    Assigned to Executive

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-04-21

    Referred to Assignments

  18. 2026-04-21

    First Reading

    reading-1

  19. 2026-04-21

    Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick

  20. 2026-04-21

    Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

    reading-1

  21. 2026-04-21

    Arrive in Senate

    introduction

  22. 2026-04-16

    Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel

  23. 2026-04-16

    Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-034-000

    passage,reading-3

  24. 2026-04-16

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  25. 2026-04-16

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted

    amendment-passage

  26. 2026-04-16

    Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  27. 2026-04-15

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-007-000

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2026-04-14

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee

  29. 2026-04-13

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  30. 2026-04-13

    House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman

    amendment-introduction

  31. 2026-04-07

    Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  32. 2026-04-07

    Second Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  33. 2026-03-25

    Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

    reading-2

  34. 2026-03-25

    Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000

  35. 2026-03-18

    Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee

    referral-committee

  36. 2026-02-06

    Referred to Rules Committee

  37. 2026-02-06

    First Reading

    reading-1

  38. 2026-02-03

    Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Third Reading

    2026-03-25 · pass · 13-7

    Member-level votes (20)
    • Buckner, Kam: yes
    • Avelar, Dagmara: yes
    • Canty, Mary Beth: yes
    • Didech, Daniel: yes
    • Delgado, Eva-Dina: yes
    • Hoffman, Jay: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
    • Jones, Thaddeus: yes
    • Jiménez, Lilian: yes
    • Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
    • Olickal, Kevin John: yes
    • Morgan, Bob: yes
    • Vella, Dave: yes
    • Davis, Jed: no
    • Fritts, Bradley: no
    • Friess, David: no
    • McLaughlin, Martin: no
    • Ugaste, Dan: no
    • Reick, Steven: no
    • Weber, Tom: no

  • Third Reading, Amendment 1

    2026-04-15 · pass · 11-7

    Member-level votes (20)
    • Canty, Mary Beth: yes
    • Avelar, Dagmara: yes
    • Delgado, Eva-Dina: yes
    • Didech, Daniel: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz, Jennifer: yes
    • Jiménez, Lilian: yes
    • Hoffman, Jay: yes
    • Katz Muhl, Tracy: yes
    • Morgan, Bob: yes
    • Olickal, Kevin John: yes
    • Vella, Dave: yes
    • Davis, Jed: no
    • Friess, David: no
    • Fritts, Bradley: no
    • McLaughlin, Martin: no
    • Reick, Steven: no
    • Ugaste, Dan: no
    • Weber, Tom: no
    • Jones, Thaddeus: not voting
    • Williams, Ann M: not voting

  • Third Reading

    2026-04-16 · pass · 69-34

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Mussman: yes
    • Grasse: yes
    • Ammons: yes
    • Ness: yes
    • Guerrero-Cuellar: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Guzzardi: yes
    • Avelar: yes
    • Olickal: yes
    • Ortíz: yes
    • Blair-Sherlock: yes
    • Rashid: yes
    • Briel: yes
    • Hanson: yes
    • Buckner: yes
    • Harper: yes
    • Hernandez, Barbara: yes
    • Canty: yes
    • Hernandez, Lisa: yes
    • Cassidy: yes
    • Scherer: yes
    • Hernandez, Norma: yes
    • Chung: yes
    • Hirschauer: yes
    • Cochran: yes
    • Hoffman: yes
    • Crawford: yes
    • Crespo: yes
    • Slaughter: yes
    • Jiménez: yes
    • Croke: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Katz Muhl: yes
    • Davis, Lisa: yes
    • Stava: yes
    • Davis, Will: yes
    • Stuart: yes
    • Kifowit: yes
    • DeLaRosa: yes
    • Delgado: yes
    • Syed: yes
    • LaPointe: yes
    • DeLuca: yes
    • Lilly: yes
    • Deuter: yes
    • Mah: yes
    • Didech: yes
    • Manley: yes
    • Du Buclet: yes
    • Mason: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Mayfield: yes
    • Evans: yes
    • Faver Dias: yes
    • West: yes
    • Meyers-Martin: yes
    • Williams, Ann: yes
    • Gabel: yes
    • Williams, Jawaharial: yes
    • Moeller: yes
    • Gong-Gershowitz: yes
    • Yang Rohr: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • González: yes
    • Morris: yes
    • Gordon-Booth: yes
    • Niemerg: no
    • Halbrook: no
    • Hammond: no
    • Reick: no
    • Bunting: no
    • Hauter: no
    • Cabello: no
    • Sanalitro: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Schweizer: no
    • Coffey: no
    • Severin: no
    • Sheehan: no
    • Jacobs: no
    • Davidsmeyer: no
    • Sosnowski: no
    • Davis, Jed: no
    • Keicher: no
    • Deering: no
    • Swanson: no
    • La Ha: no
    • Ugaste: no
    • Elik: no
    • Weaver: no
    • McCombie: no
    • Weber: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Meier: no
    • Friess: no
    • Wilhour: no
    • Fritts: no
    • Miller: no
    • Windhorst: no
    • Moore: no
    • Haas: excused
    • Rosenthal: excused
    • Ryan: excused
    • Huynh: excused
    • Spain: excused
    • Stephens: excused
    • Kelly: excused
    • Tipsword: excused
    • Ford: excused
    • Gill: excused
    • Grant: excused
    • Benton: not voting
    • Rita: not voting
    • Tarver: not voting
    • Vella: not voting

  • Executive

    2026-05-06 · pass · 9-4

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Aquino, Omar: yes
    • Cunningham, Bill: yes
    • Castro, Cristina: yes
    • Harmon, Don: yes
    • Holmes, Linda: yes
    • Harris III, Napoleon: yes
    • Lightford, Kimberly A: yes
    • Hunter, Mattie: yes
    • Murphy, Laura M: yes
    • Anderson, Neil: no
    • Curran, John F: no
    • Rezin, Sue: no
    • Tracy, Jil: no

  • Third Reading

    2026-05-20 · pass · 35-20

    Member-level votes (58)
    • Simmons: yes
    • Faraci: yes
    • Sims: yes
    • Koehler: yes
    • Feigenholtz: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • Fine: yes
    • Lightford: yes
    • Belt: yes
    • Turner, D.: yes
    • Martwick: yes
    • Guzmán: yes
    • Halpin: yes
    • Castro: yes
    • Ventura: yes
    • Morrison: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Villa: yes
    • Murphy: yes
    • Villanueva: yes
    • Peters: yes
    • Hastings: yes
    • Collins: yes
    • Villivalam: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Walker: yes
    • Porfirio: yes
    • Holmes: yes
    • Preston: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Edly-Allen: yes
    • Jones, E.: yes
    • Ellman: yes
    • Joyce: no
    • Anderson: no
    • Lewis: no
    • Arellano, L.: no
    • Syverson: no
    • Fowler: no
    • Balkema: no
    • Tracy: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Turner, S.: no
    • McClure: no
    • Harriss, E.: no
    • Chesney: no
    • Plummer: no
    • Hills: no
    • Curran: no
    • Wilcox: no
    • DeWitte: no
    • Rezin: no
    • Rose: no
    • Glowiak Hilton: other
    • Stadelman: not voting
    • Loughran Cappel: not voting
    • Harris, N.: not voting

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https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4844&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=166108&SessionID=114

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