The legislation was introduced in bill SB1610 on Feb. 15, when Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (D-17) filed it with the Senate clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963".
The Senate passed the bill and it arrived in the House on March 6, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 23. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 16. 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 SB1610.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2019 | Senate | Filed with Secretary by Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. |
| 2/15/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 2/15/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 2/27/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Criminal Law |
| 2/28/2019 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford |
| 3/5/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 3/5/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-001-000 |
| 3/5/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2019 |
| 3/5/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Chief House Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 3/6/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/6/2019 | House | Arrived in House |
| 3/6/2019 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III |
| 3/6/2019 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 3/6/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 044-014-000 |
| 3/6/2019 | Senate | Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 3/25/2019 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz |
| 4/9/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 4/30/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 017-000-000 |
| 5/2/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/7/2019 | House | Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter |
| 5/16/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/16/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 5/23/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-032-000 |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Passed Both Houses |
| 6/21/2019 | Senate | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/16/2019 | Senate | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0409 |
| 8/16/2019 | Senate | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 8/16/2019 | Senate | Governor Approved |
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