HB2277
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What this bill does
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
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Current stage: In Committee · Last action 497 days ago · STAGNANT
How does a bill become law in Illinois?
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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.
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Committee Work — Hearings
The bill goes to the appropriate committee, which holds hearings to gather expert opinions and determine the need for the legislation.
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Committee Work — Markup, Amendments, Report
The committee may make amendments to the bill. If approved, a committee report endorsing the bill is issued.
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Floor Debate
The bill is debated and can be further amended. The debate transcripts are accessible online for public viewing.
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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.
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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
Campaign finance
This is SBE campaign receipts to the people on this bill, not Moneyball and not earmarked to the bill.
Money is campaign receipts to matched candidate committees, not earmarked to this bill. Window 2025-01-01 – 2026-09-13.
Sponsor and voter funding
| Member | Role | Receipts | Total received | Top donors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Tipsword | Chief sponsor | 35 | $32,200.00 | Smith MJ Properties LLC ($5,000.00); Parsons Company Inc ($5,000.00); Sharon McCully ($2,000.00) |
Top donors across these members
| Donor | Occupation | Employer | Receipts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith MJ Properties LLC | — | — | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Parsons Company Inc | — | — | 1 | $5,000.00 |
| Sharon McCully | retired | retired | 2 | $2,000.00 |
| Philip McCully | retired | retired | 1 | $1,100.00 |
| IHA Political Action Committee | — | — | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| David Lueders | Engineer | retired | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Richard Baner | Judge | retired | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| DKS Trucking, LLC | — | — | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Heart Technologies | — | — | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Williams Brothers Construction Inc | — | — | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Interaction Development Corp | — | — | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Sheets Creek Landing LLC | — | — | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Health Care Service Corp Employees PAC | — | — | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Community BancPAC | — | — | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Justcore Inc | — | — | 1 | $600.00 |
| Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists PAC | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
| Bill Hauter | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
| DENT-IL_PAC | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
| Maria Ahmedi | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
| Farrell Lord | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
| American Property Casualty Insurance Association PAC | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
| Liz Bishop | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
| Doug Doty | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
| James Shreffler | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
| Citizens for Kevin Johnson | — | — | 1 | $500.00 |
Hearings
This bill has not been scheduled for a committee hearing.
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 |
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| H | Committee | Executive | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Passed | 12 | — |
Action History
13 actions recorded. Last action: 2025-05-31 — Rule 19(a) / Re-referred toRules Committee. Each action's meaning and outcome signal are classified automatically.
All actions (table)
| Date | Chamber | Action | Category | Signal |
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| 2025-01-29 | House | Filed with the Clerk byRep. Tony M. McCombie House Rule 6(b) | Introduction & Filing | — |
| 2025-02-04 | House | First Reading Senate Rule 5-1(d)/5-2; House Rule 37(d)/38 | Introduction & Filing | — |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Referred toRules Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(a) | Committee Assignment | — |
| 2025-03-04 | House | Assigned toExecutive Committee Senate Rule 3-8(a); House Rule 18(b) | Committee Assignment | — |
| 2025-03-12 | House | Do Pass / Short DebateExecutive Committee; 012-000-000 Senate Rule 3-11(a)(1); House Rule 22(a)(1), 52(b) | Committee Action | Positive |
| 2025-03-12 | 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 |
| 2025-03-27 | 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 |
| 2025-03-27 | House | Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate Senate Rule 4-4(7-8)/5-2; House Rule 31(8-9)/38/52 | Floor Process | — |
| 2025-04-11 | House | Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 31, 2025 Rule 2-10(d) | Deadlines & Re-referrals | Mild + |
| 2025-05-21 | House | Chief Sponsor Changed toRep. Dennis Tipsword Senate Rule 5-1(d)/4-4(9-11); House Rule 37(d)/31(10-12) | Cross-Chamber | — |
| 2025-05-21 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk byRep. Dennis Tipsword | Amendment Actions | — |
| 2025-05-21 | House | House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred toRules Committee | Amendment Actions | — |
| 2025-05-31 | House | Rule 19(a) / Re-referred toRules Committee House Rule 19(a); Senate analog: Rule 3-9(a) | Deadlines & Re-referrals | Mild − |