Illinois SB 180: JUDGESHIPS-6TH JUD CIRCUIT

Status: Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments (as of 2026-05-22)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: SB 180

Sponsors: Paul Faraci, Doris Turner, Sally J. Turner, Steve McClure

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 
State of Illinois 
2025 and 2026
SB0180

Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Paul Faraci 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

705 ILCS 35/2f-14

 Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides, in a provision concerning resident judgeships of the 6th judicial circuit, that when a vacancy occurs in an at-large judgeship, the at-large judgeship shall be converted to a resident judgeship for either Champaign County or Macon County, depending on which of those 2 counties the incumbent at-large circuit judge resided in when the incumbent judge was elected. Effective immediately.

LRB104 08658 JRC 18712 b

A BILL FOR

SB0180LRB104 08658 JRC 18712 b

1 AN ACT concerning courts.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Circuit Courts Act is amended by changing 

5Section 2f-14 as follows:

6 (705 ILCS 35/2f-14)

7 Sec. 2f-14. 6th judicial circuit; resident judgeships.

8 (a) The at-large judgeships of the 6th judicial circuit 

9existing on January 7, 2022 shall be converted to resident 

10judgeships as provided in this subsection as those judgeships 

11are or become vacant. When a vacancy occurs in an at-large 

12judgeship of the 6th judicial circuit, the at-large judgeship 

13shall be converted to a resident judgeship for either 

14Champaign County or Macon County, depending on which of those 

152 counties the incumbent at-large circuit judge resided in 

16when the incumbent judge was elected. The first 3 that become 

17vacant after January 7, 2022 (the effective date of Public Act 

18102-693) shall be converted to resident judgeships elected 

19from Champaign County. The remaining two at-large judgeships 

20that become vacant shall be converted to resid

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