The legislation was introduced in bill HB2649 on Feb. 14, when Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D-12) 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 April 11 and it arrived in the Senate on April 12, 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. 23. The law went into effect immediately.
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 HB2649.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 2/14/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 3/8/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 3/8/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 3/8/2019 | House | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch |
| 3/8/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kambium Buckner |
| 3/13/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/13/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin |
| 3/19/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo |
| 3/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin |
| 3/26/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-007-000 |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/1/2019 | House | Correctional Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer |
| 4/2/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Correctional Note Filed |
| 4/2/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke |
| 4/9/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 4/9/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 4/11/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted |
| 4/11/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 019-000-000 |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Criminal Law |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 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 |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2019 |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 |
| 5/29/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 |
| 6/27/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Effective Date August 23, 2019 |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0480 |
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