Date	Chamber	Action
2/7/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

55 ILCS 5/3-4007

from Ch. 34, par. 3-4007

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county's full-time public defender must be paid an annual salary that is at least 100% (rather than 90%) of the county State's attorney's annual compensation. Requires the State to pay 100% (rather than 66 2/3%) of the public defender's annual salary. Prohibits a public defender for a county of 30,000 or more inhabitants from engaging in the private practice of law if the public defender is receiving not less than 100% (rather than 90%) of the compensation of the State's attorney of that county. Effective July 1, 2023.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/3/2023	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
2/7/2023	House	First Reading
2/7/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/16/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II

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