The legislation was introduced in bill HB1583 on Jan. 30, when Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-77) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963".
After debate, the House passed the bill on March 20 and it arrived in the House on May 17, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 29. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 9. The law is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Illinois legislature enacts laws through bills that can be introduced in either the state House of Representatives or the state Senate. Either chamber of the legislature can reject or amend a bill before it becomes law. Legislators sometimes sponsor "shell bills" devoid of substantive provisions, introduced with the intention of being amended later to include actual legislation.
The following table shows the full history of actions on HB1583.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/30/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 2/1/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/1/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 016-000-000 |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001 |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 3/20/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Criminal Law |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John F. Curran |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Postponed - Criminal Law |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 010-000-000 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart |
| 5/17/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 |
| 5/17/2019 | House | Arrived in House |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 5/20/2019 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 5/20/2019 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 5/22/2019 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 019-000-000 |
| 5/29/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/29/2019 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 118-000-000 |
| 5/29/2019 | House | House Concurs |
| 6/27/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0239 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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