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SB0019

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What this bill does

Amends the Judges Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Specifies that a person who serves as a full-time member of the Prisoner Review Board does not violate the Code's return-to-work provisions on the basis of service on the Prisoner Review Board. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that persons who have final, plenary, or non-emergency protective orders granted against the petitioner or parole candidate may submit victim statements. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall publish on its official website, and provide to registered victims, procedural information on how to submit victim statements. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board may contain members who have experience in advocacy for victims of crime and their families, advocacy for survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, or intimate partner violence. Provides that at least 3 members of the Board (currently, 6) must have at least 3 years experience in the field of juvenile matters. Provides that a total of 7 members must have at least 5 years' experience as a law enforcement officer, parole officer, prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, or judge. Contains provisions concerning training for members and commissioners of the Prisoner Review Board. Makes changes concerning factors to be considered by the Board in deciding whether to grant or deny parole. Provides that, prior to entering an order discharging a person from parole or mandatory supervised release, the Prisoner Review Board shall provide notice and a 30-day opportunity to comment to any registered victim. Requires the Department of Corrections to prepare a report describing whether the subject has completed the mandatory conditions of parole or mandatory supervised release. Contains provisions concerning LEADS reports. Provides that all petitioners for clemency and medical release and all candidates for parole appearing before the Prisoner Review Board shall be afforded the opportunity to appear in person or via interactive video teleconference. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Sponsor: Don Harmon Chamber: Senate Introduced: 2025-01-13
PASSED INTO LAW

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Current stage: Signed into Law · Last action 293 days ago

How does a bill become law in Illinois?
  1. Introduction of Bill

    A member of the Senate or the House introduces a bill, which is assigned a unique identifying number (e.g., "H.B. ___" for House bills and "S.B. ___" for Senate bills). If not enacted, it must be reintroduced in the next General Assembly with a new number.

  2. Committee Work — Hearings

    The bill goes to the appropriate committee, which holds hearings to gather expert opinions and determine the need for the legislation.

  3. Committee Work — Markup, Amendments, Report

    The committee may make amendments to the bill. If approved, a committee report endorsing the bill is issued.

  4. Floor Debate

    The bill is debated and can be further amended. The debate transcripts are accessible online for public viewing.

  5. Passage and Consideration in Second Chamber

    If the bill passes in the first chamber, it moves to the second chamber for a similar review process. If both chambers approve, it goes to the governor.

  6. Gubernatorial Action

    The governor can sign the bill into law, veto it, or take no action (resulting in an automatic law after 60 days). The type of veto can be total or amendatory. Once signed, the bill becomes a Public Act and is assigned a Public Act number.

Sponsor Context

Witness slips

5 slips filed. Proponent / opponent / no position as filed with the committee.

Name Organization Representing Position Hearing committee Hearing date
Steven Andersson Nekritz Amdor Andersson Group Illinois Prison Project Proponent Executive 2025-04-23
John Amdor Nekritz Amdor Andersson Group Illinois Prison Project Proponent Executive 2025-04-03
Nicholas Haile self self Proponent Executive 2025-04-03
Steven Andersson Nekritz Amdor Andersson Group Illinois Prison Project Proponent Executive 2025-04-03
Michael Zalewski Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP Illinois States Attorneys Association No Position On Merits Executive 2025-04-23

Roll-call votes

Total votes and outcome per event. Deciding vote = margin of 1; those voters on the winning side could have changed the outcome by flipping.

Date Chamber Type Description Yea Nay Present NV Outcome Margin Deciding voters
H Committee Executive 8 3 0 1 Passed 5 —
2025-05-20 H Floor Third Reading 74 37 0 7 Passed 37 —
S Committee Executive 9 4 0 0 Passed 5 —
S Floor Third Reading 32 22 0 5 Passed 10 —

Action History

33 actions recorded. Last action: 2025-06-20 — Public Act . . . . . . . . .104-0011. Each action's meaning and outcome signal are classified automatically.

2025-01-13 Introduction & Filing
Filed with Secretary bySen. Don Harmon Rule 2-7(b)
Bill officially submitted to the Senate Secretary during the session.
2025-01-13 Introduction & Filing
First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38
Formal introduction — title read into the official record. Required procedural step; bill now exists in the system.
2025-01-13 Committee Assignment
Referred toAssignments Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a)
Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2025-02-19 Co-Sponsorship Mild +
Added as Co-SponsorSen. Laura M. Murphy Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a)
A legislator added as co-sponsor.
2025-03-12 Committee Assignment
Assigned toExecutive Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b)
Sent to a substantive committee (e.g., Transportation, Revenue). This is where the bill gets a real hearing and evaluation.
2025-03-21 Deadlines & Re-referrals
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2025 Rule 2-10(a)(3-4)
Senate committee deadline set or extended. Procedural — establishes when the bill must be voted out of committee.
2025-04-02 Amendment Actions
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary bySen. Don Harmon
[Amendment] Bill officially submitted to the Senate Secretary during the session.
2025-04-02 Amendment Actions
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred toAssignments
[Amendment] Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2025-04-03 Amendment Actions
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers toExecutive
[Amendment] Senate Assignments Committee forwards the bill to a substantive committee.
2025-04-03 Amendment Actions Positive
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
[Amendment] Bill or resolution adopted by the chamber.
2025-04-03 Committee Action Positive
Do Pass as AmendedExecutive; 009-004-000 Rule 3-11(a)(1), Rule 3-12(a)
Committee recommends passage. The most important positive gate — majority of bills never get here.
2025-04-03 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 4, 2025 Rule 3-12(a), Rule 4-4(7)
Bill placed on the order of Second Reading.
2025-04-04 Co-Sponsorship Mild +
Added as Chief Co-SponsorSen. Robert Peters Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a)
A legislator takes on the chief co-sponsor role, a stronger commitment than regular co-sponsorship.
2025-04-04 Floor Process Positive
Second Reading Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)
Bill reaches the floor amendment stage. Floor amendments can be offered here.
2025-04-04 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2025 Rule 4-4(8)
Bill placed on the Third Reading calendar — queued for final vote.
2025-04-09 Co-Sponsorship Mild +
Added as Co-SponsorSen. Rachel Ventura Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a)
A legislator added as co-sponsor.
2025-04-10 Floor Vote Positive
Third Reading - Passed;032-022-000 Rule 5-1(f)
Bill PASSED a floor vote on Third Reading. Major milestone — bill has cleared one chamber.
2025-04-10 Co-Sponsorship Mild +
Added as Co-SponsorSen. Lakesia Collins Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a)
A legislator added as co-sponsor.
2025-04-10 Cross-Chamber Positive
Arrived in House Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12)
Senate bill arrives in the House after passing the Senate.
2025-04-10 Cross-Chamber Positive
Chief House SponsorRep. Will Guzzardi Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12)
House sponsor assigned for a Senate bill — bill is being actively managed in the second chamber.
2025-04-11 Introduction & Filing
First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38
Formal introduction — title read into the official record. Required procedural step; bill now exists in the system.
2025-04-11 Committee Assignment
Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a)
Sent to a committee (usually Rules in the House, Assignments in the Senate). The gatekeeping step — Rules/Assignments decides which substantive committee hears the bill.
2025-04-17 Committee Assignment
Assigned toExecutive Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b)
Sent to a substantive committee (e.g., Transportation, Revenue). This is where the bill gets a real hearing and evaluation.
2025-04-23 Committee Action Positive
Do Pass / Short DebateExecutive Committee; 008-003-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b)
Committee recommends passage and places it on the Short Debate calendar (limited floor discussion time). Strong positive signal — committee believes bill has broad support.
2025-04-23 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52
Bill placed on the Second Reading calendar. Positive — bill is queued for floor action.
2025-05-14 Floor Process Positive
Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)/52(a)(1)
Bill reaches the floor amendment stage on Short Debate calendar. Major milestone — bill has passed committee and is on the floor.
2025-05-14 Floor Process Positive
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate Rule 4-4(8)
Bill placed on the Third Reading calendar — queued for final vote.
2025-05-20 Other
Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed074-037-000
Uncategorized action.
2025-05-20 Concurrence Positive
Passed Both Houses Rule 8-1, Rule 8-4
Bill PASSED BOTH CHAMBERS. Major milestone — bill goes to the Governor next.
2025-06-18 Governor Action Positive
Sent to the Governor Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82
Bill transmitted to the Governor for signature. Strong positive — bill has passed both chambers.
2025-06-20 Governor Action Positive
Governor Approved Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82
GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BILL. Bill is now law (pending effective date).
2025-06-20 Enacted Into Law Law
Effective Date June 20, 2025 Article IX
Law's effective date announced. Most IL laws take effect January 1 of the next year unless otherwise specified.
2025-06-20 Enacted Into Law Law
Public Act . . . . . . . . .104-0011 Article IX
Bill signed into law — assigned a Public Act number (e.g., PA 104-0032).

All actions (table)

Date Chamber Action Category Signal
2025-01-13 Senate Filed with Secretary bySen. Don Harmon Rule 2-7(b) Introduction & Filing —
2025-01-13 Senate First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 Introduction & Filing —
2025-01-13 Senate Referred toAssignments Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) Committee Assignment —
2025-02-19 Senate Added as Co-SponsorSen. Laura M. Murphy Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a) Co-Sponsorship Mild +
2025-03-12 Senate Assigned toExecutive Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) Committee Assignment —
2025-03-21 Senate Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 4, 2025 Rule 2-10(a)(3-4) Deadlines & Re-referrals —
2025-04-02 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary bySen. Don Harmon Amendment Actions —
2025-04-02 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred toAssignments Amendment Actions —
2025-04-03 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers toExecutive Amendment Actions —
2025-04-03 Senate Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted Amendment Actions Positive
2025-04-03 Senate Do Pass as AmendedExecutive; 009-004-000 Rule 3-11(a)(1), Rule 3-12(a) Committee Action Positive
2025-04-03 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 4, 2025 Rule 3-12(a), Rule 4-4(7) Floor Process Positive
2025-04-04 Senate Added as Chief Co-SponsorSen. Robert Peters Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a) Co-Sponsorship Mild +
2025-04-04 Senate Second Reading Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b) Floor Process Positive
2025-04-04 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2025 Rule 4-4(8) Floor Process Positive
2025-04-09 Senate Added as Co-SponsorSen. Rachel Ventura Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a) Co-Sponsorship Mild +
2025-04-10 Senate Third Reading - Passed;032-022-000 Rule 5-1(f) Floor Vote Positive
2025-04-10 Senate Added as Co-SponsorSen. Lakesia Collins Senate Rule 5-1(a); House Rule 37(a) Co-Sponsorship Mild +
2025-04-10 House Arrived in House Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12) Cross-Chamber Positive
2025-04-10 House Chief House SponsorRep. Will Guzzardi Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12) Cross-Chamber Positive
2025-04-11 House First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 Introduction & Filing —
2025-04-11 House Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) Committee Assignment —
2025-04-17 House Assigned toExecutive Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) Committee Assignment —
2025-04-23 House Do Pass / Short DebateExecutive Committee; 008-003-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b) Committee Action Positive
2025-04-23 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52 Floor Process Positive
2025-05-14 House Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 3-12(a)/5-4(a); House Rule 24(a)/40(b)/52(a)(1) Floor Process Positive
2025-05-14 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate Rule 4-4(8) Floor Process Positive
2025-05-20 House Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed074-037-000 Other —
2025-05-20 Senate Passed Both Houses Rule 8-1, Rule 8-4 Concurrence Positive
2025-06-18 Senate Sent to the Governor Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82 Governor Action Positive
2025-06-20 Senate Governor Approved Senate Article IX/Rules 9-1 to 9-6; House Article IX/Rules 77-82 Governor Action Positive
2025-06-20 Senate Effective Date June 20, 2025 Article IX Enacted Into Law Law
2025-06-20 Senate Public Act . . . . . . . . .104-0011 Article IX Enacted Into Law Law