The legislation was introduced in bill HB900 on Jan. 24, 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 Unified Code of Corrections".
After debate, the House passed the bill and it arrived in the Senate on April 4, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 31. 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 HB900.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/24/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 1/28/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 1/28/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/5/2019 | House | Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 2/13/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-006-000 |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Correctional Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Correctional Note Filed |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Fiscal Note Filed |
| 2/26/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez |
| 4/4/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-043-000 |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/4/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Criminal Law |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Postponed - Criminal Law |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Criminal Law; 006-003-001 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/16/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019 |
| 5/17/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III |
| 5/29/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez |
| 5/31/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/31/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter |
| 5/31/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 033-018-000 |
| 6/28/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0235 |
| 8/9/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
Alerts Sign-up