Lake County Gazette

A new law sponsored by Sen. Julie A. Morrison (D-29) that was introduced with the purpose of amending the Private Correctional Facility Moratorium Act went into effect on June 21, according to the official Illinois General Assembly website.

The legislation was introduced in bill HB2040 on Feb. 1, 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 Private Correctional Facility Moratorium Act".

After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on April 10, 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 21. 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 HB2040.

Date	Chamber	Action
2/1/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2/4/2019	House	First Reading
2/4/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/14/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
2/19/2019	House	Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee
2/27/2019	House	To Commerce and Innovation Subcommittee
3/12/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
3/12/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/18/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/18/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
3/18/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
3/19/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
3/19/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
3/20/2019	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Labor & Commerce Committee; 018-010-000
3/20/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
3/20/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
3/20/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
3/20/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez
3/20/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz
3/20/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
3/20/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karina Villa
3/20/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
3/20/2019	House	Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Labor & Commerce Committee; 007-000-000
3/20/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
3/20/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Labor & Commerce Committee; by Voice Vote
3/20/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Celina Villanueva
3/20/2019	House	Reported Back To Labor & Commerce Committee;
3/20/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
3/20/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
3/20/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
3/21/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
3/21/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
3/21/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
3/21/2019	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/21/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
3/21/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
3/25/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yehiel M. Kalish
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
3/27/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
3/27/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
3/27/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
4/2/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Labor & Commerce Committee
4/3/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
4/3/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Labor & Commerce Committee; 017-004-000
4/3/2019	House	Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
4/3/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Edly-Allen
4/3/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
4/3/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
4/4/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/4/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
4/4/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
4/4/2019	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
4/4/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/10/2019	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 085-026-000
4/10/2019	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/10/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
4/10/2019	Senate	First Reading
4/10/2019	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
4/10/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/10/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/11/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
4/12/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
4/18/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
4/23/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
4/24/2019	Senate	Assigned to Executive
4/29/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
5/1/2019	Senate	Do Pass Executive; 011-004-001
5/1/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
5/1/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2019
5/7/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
5/8/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
5/9/2019	Senate	Second Reading
5/9/2019	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
5/9/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
5/16/2019	House	Passed Both Houses
5/16/2019	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 034-014-000
5/16/2019	Senate	Verified
5/17/2019	House	Sent to the Governor
6/21/2019	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0020
6/21/2019	House	Governor Approved
6/21/2019	House	Effective Date June 21, 2019