RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY House SponsorsRep. Elaine Nekritz 1/10/2017HouseSession Sine Die Declares that in order for Illinois' citizens to have fair opportunity to redress their grievances, and to maintain a system of justice that lends no favor within its arena and insures the scale of justice remains blind to its pursuers, the right to trial by jury of one's peers must be preserved and neither altered nor eroded by those that may threaten it, in accordance with the foresight of our ancestors that safeguarded this most fundamental right. 2/26/2015HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz 3/3/2015HouseReferred to Rules Committee 3/23/2015HouseAssigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee 1/3/2016HouseRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/10/2017HouseSession Sine Die