The legislation was introduced in bill HB2045 on Feb. 2, 2017, when Rep. Jim Durkin (R-82) 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 on April 2, 2019 and it arrived in the Senate on April 3, 2019, and both chambers agreed to the final version of the legislation on May 30, 2019. The bill was sent to the governor and signed into law on July 19, 2019. 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 HB2045.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/2/2017 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin |
| 2/3/2017 | House | First Reading |
| 2/3/2017 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/22/2017 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 3/29/2017 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000 |
| 3/29/2017 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate *** |
| 4/26/2017 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/26/2017 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate *** |
| 4/28/2017 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
| 1/8/2019 | House | Session Sine Die |
| 2/4/2019 | House | First Reading |
| 2/4/2019 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 2/4/2019 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol Ammons |
| 2/14/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 2/19/2019 | House | Assigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee |
| 2/20/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy |
| 2/22/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II |
| 2/28/2019 | House | Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers |
| 3/5/2019 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 006-000-000 |
| 3/5/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Didech |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth |
| 3/7/2019 | House | Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Second Reading - Short Debate |
| 3/19/2019 | House | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate |
| 4/2/2019 | House | Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Arrive in Senate |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading |
| 4/3/2019 | Senate | Referred to Assignments |
| 4/24/2019 | Senate | Assigned to Criminal Law |
| 5/2/2019 | Senate | Postponed - Criminal Law |
| 5/7/2019 | Senate | Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-003-000 |
| 5/8/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019 |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Second Reading |
| 5/9/2019 | Senate | Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019 |
| 5/24/2019 | Senate | Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 |
| 5/30/2019 | House | Passed Both Houses |
| 5/30/2019 | Senate | Third Reading - Passed; 045-012-000 |
| 6/28/2019 | House | Sent to the Governor |
| 7/19/2019 | House | Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0086 |
| 7/19/2019 | House | Effective Date January 1, 2020 |
| 7/19/2019 | House | Governor Approved |
| 2/16/2021 | House | Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin |
| 2/17/2021 | House | First Reading |
| 2/17/2021 | House | Referred to Rules Committee |
| 3/2/2021 | House | Assigned to Executive Committee |
| 3/11/2021 | House | Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 014-000-000 |
| 3/17/2021 | House | Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate ** |
| 4/23/2021 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee |
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