JUDGES-6TH & 7TH JUD CIRCUITS
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 status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Aug 2026
Introduced Apr 17, 2026
Signed Aug 7, 2026
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What changed between versions
Engrossed
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Enrolled
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4 edits
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Aug 7, 2026
MODERATE
This bill was finalized as an enrolled version, confirming its passage into law. The primary substantive changes involve the restructuring of the 19th judicial circuit in Illinois, converting existing at-large judgeships into resident judgeships and creating new subcircuits to ensure judges live in the communities they serve. These changes also establish a timeline for redrawing subcircuit boundaries based on future federal censuses.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded from a single judicial circuit to include specific provisions for the 19th judicial circuit, adding new resident judgeships and defining a new subcircuit structure.
REQUIREMENT
Converted at-large judgeships in the 19th judicial circuit to resident judgeships, requiring future judges to live in the county that elects them.
Mandated that subcircuit boundaries be redrawn every 10 years following federal decennial censuses to maintain equal population distribution.
TIMELINE
Established a schedule to divide the 19th circuit into 6 subcircuits before December 5, 2022, and 12 subcircuits on and after December 5, 2022.
ELIGIBILITY
Added new resident judgeships to the 19th circuit, increasing the total number of judges available to serve the region.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2026 · House May 29, 2026
How they voted
56–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 58
Apr 16, 2026
D
Democratic39
94% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
53
Key actions
9
Committee
11
Amendments
6
Aug 7, 2026
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 31, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 31, 2026
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 055-000-000
upper
May 31, 2026
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 008-004-000
upper
May 31, 2026
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive
upper
May 31, 2026
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments
upper
May 30, 2026
Introduced
Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 31, 2026
upper
May 30, 2026
Introduced
Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
upper
May 29, 2026
Introduced
Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Ann M. Williams
lower
May 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
lower
May 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
lower
May 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Executive Committee; 012-000-000
lower
May 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Executive Committee
lower
May 26, 2026
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 26, 2026
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 010-000-000
lower
Apr 27, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Executive Committee
lower
Apr 20, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 17, 2026
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Executive; 008-000-000
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
2 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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