MADISON COUNTY — A measure approved by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker limiting constitutional challenges to just Cook or Sangamon counties has been deemed unconstitutional by a county district judge.

At an unrelated event Wednesday, Pritzker said the law is meant to combat what he called “venue shopping.”

In Madison County, the state motioned to move a case challenging the constitutionality of the state’s firearms industry liability law to Sangamon County, saying the litigants can remote in with video conferencing there.

n saying the law as applied in the case is unconstitutional earlier this month, Madison County Judge Ronald Forest, Jr. said the state could also video conference into Madison County.

The state has until the end of the month to appeal the Madison County decision.