The legislation was introduced in bill HB3189 on Feb. 9, 2017, when Rep. Charles Meier (R-108) 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 March 30, 2017 and it arrived in the Senate on April 4, 2017, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 25, 2017. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on Aug. 15, 2017. 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 HB3189.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/9/2017 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles Meier |
| 2/9/2017 | House | First Reading |
| 2/9/2017 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/22/2017 | House | Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee |
| 3/14/2017 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 3/15/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/22/2017 | House | Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jerry Lee Long |
| 3/22/2017 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier |
| 3/23/2017 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/23/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/30/2017 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 |
| 4/4/2017 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/4/2017 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 5, 2017 |
| 4/25/2017 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/25/2017 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/25/2017 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sue Rezin |
| 5/2/2017 | Senate | Assigned to Agriculture |
| 5/11/2017 | Senate | Do Pass Agriculture; 010-000-000 |
| 5/11/2017 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2017 |
| 5/18/2017 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/18/2017 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 19, 2017 |
| 5/25/2017 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/25/2017 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 055-001-000 |
| 6/23/2017 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/15/2017 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0117 |
| 8/15/2017 | House | Governor Approved |
| 8/15/2017 | House | Effective Date August 15, 2017 |
| 2/15/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/15/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Martin J. Moylan |
| 3/5/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 3/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris |
| 3/29/2019 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 5/21/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley |
| 8/28/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 8/29/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller |
| 5/21/2020 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer |
| 1/13/2021 | House | Session Sine Die |
| 2/19/2021 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 2/19/2021 | House | First Reading |
| 2/19/2021 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/16/2021 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 3/27/2021 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
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