The legislation was introduced in bill HB2028 on Feb. 1, when Rep. Bob Morgan (D-58) filed it with the House clerk.
According to the General Assembly website, the bill as introduced was designed to "amend the State Police Act".
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 16. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on June 26. 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 HB2028.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/1/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 2/4/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/4/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Assigned to Appropriations-Public Safety Committee |
| 2/26/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2/26/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson |
| 2/27/2019 | House | House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly |
| 2/27/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Public Safety Committee; 015-000-000 |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/5/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/5/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Bob Morgan |
| 3/12/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Public Safety Committee |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/10/2019 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Pappas |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. |
| 4/11/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Windhorst |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Andrew S. Chesney |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish |
| 4/11/2019 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Appropriations-Public Safety Committee; 012-000-000 |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady |
| 4/11/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/12/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to State Government |
| 4/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham |
| 4/30/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Do Pass State Government; 005-000-000 |
| 5/1/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019 |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/14/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III |
| 5/15/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton |
| 5/16/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek |
| 5/31/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson |
| 6/14/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 6/26/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0028 |
| 6/26/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 6/26/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
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