The legislation was introduced in bill HB2444 on Feb. 13, when Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy (D-14) 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 April 3, 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 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 HB2444.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/13/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2/13/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 3/14/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 3/14/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 3/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 019-000-000 |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 3/19/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote |
| 3/19/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz |
| 3/21/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 4/3/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-028-000 |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | 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 | Postponed - Criminal Law |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-003-000 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| 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; 037-015-000 |
| 6/27/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 8/23/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0471 |
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