The legislation was introduced in bill HB38 on Nov. 30, 2018, when Rep. Rita Mayfield (D-60) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the Criminal Code of 2012".
After debate, the House passed the bill on April 4 and it arrived in the House on May 24, 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 HB38.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/2018 | House | Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 1/9/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/9/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/29/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Darren Bailey |
| 2/19/2019 | House | To Sentencing, Penalities and Criminal Procedure Subcommittee |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael T. Marron |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael D. Unes |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe Sosnowski |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. André Thapedi |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Terri Bryant |
| 2/21/2019 | House | Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. William Davis |
| 2/25/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Caulkins |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr. |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant |
| 3/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin |
| 3/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy |
| 3/13/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Reported Back To Judiciary - Criminal Committee; |
| 3/26/2019 | House | Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 006-000-000 |
| 3/28/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 019-000-000 |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/11/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Criminal Law |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance |
| 5/10/2019 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 17, 2019 |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 24, 2019 |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachelle Crowe |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Reported Back To Criminal Law; 003-000-000 |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Reported Back To Criminal Law |
| 5/21/2019 | Senate | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Schimpf |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 010-000-000 |
| 5/22/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 23, 2019 |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 24, 2019 |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Brian W. Stewart |
| 5/23/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson |
| 5/24/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 |
| 5/24/2019 | House | Arrived in House |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman |
| 5/26/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez |
| 5/27/2019 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee |
| 5/27/2019 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 5/28/2019 | House | Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 |
| 5/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 5/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste |
| 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 | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin |
| 5/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll |
| 5/29/2019 | House | House Concurs |
| 6/27/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0223 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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