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.
House Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. Further amends the Circuit Courts Act. Provides that the Supreme Court shall allot all vacancies in the 16 (rather than 15) resident judgeships of the 19th circuit for election from the various subcircuits in numerical order until there is one resident judge to be elected from each subcircuit, except the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th (rather than only the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd) subcircuits. Effective immediately.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 705 ILCS 35/2, 705 ILCS 45/2
Engrossed: 705 ILCS 35/2, 705 ILCS 45/2
Enrolled: 705 ILCS 35/2, 705 ILCS 45/2