The legislation was introduced in bill HB2308 on Feb. 8, when Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-118) 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 and it arrived in the Senate on March 27, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 21. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 26. 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 HB2308.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/8/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patrick Windhorst |
| 2/13/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 3/5/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 019-000-000 |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/27/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-002 |
| 3/27/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 3/27/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter |
| 3/27/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 3/27/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 3/27/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Criminal Law |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2019 |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019 |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 |
| 6/19/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/26/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 7/26/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 7/26/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0138 |
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