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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CRIM CD-AGGRAVATED ARSON"
+description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person also commits aggravated arson when in the course of committing an arson he or she knowingly damages a building or structure and a correctional officer who is present at the scene acting in the line of duty is injured as a result of the fire or explosion. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 444"
+citation: "Illinois HB 444 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 59
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-01-26"
+last_action: "2005-07-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e1e55a9-85fa-4af4-b6c0-326027ebc55f"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=444&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14778&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "f47579ed0730bbb990f8f4cf6533e46f4233de77ed2f926c99d26b1942b89408"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 444 (94th) — CRIM CD-AGGRAVATED ARSON
+
+Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person also commits aggravated arson when in the course of committing an arson he or she knowingly damages a building or structure and a correctional officer who is present at the scene acting in the line of duty is injured as a result of the fire or explosion. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0444&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14778&DocNum=444&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0444eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14778&DocNum=444&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0444enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14778&DocNum=444&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
+- Arthur J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
+- Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
+- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- John D'Amico — primary (person)
+- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John D'Amico `filing`
+- **2005-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-01-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
+- **2005-02-02** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2005-02-02** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
+- **2005-02-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
+- **2005-02-10** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-02-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
+- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
+- **2005-02-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-02-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
+- **2005-02-16** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
+- **2005-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
+- **2005-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
+- **2005-02-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
+- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
+- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
+- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
+- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
+- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
+- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
+- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2005-02-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2005-02-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 24, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
+- **2005-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-24** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
+- **2005-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
+- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
+- **2005-03-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
+- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
+- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
+- **2005-03-16** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
+- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
+- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
+- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
+- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
+- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
+- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
+- **2005-05-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
+- **2005-05-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
+- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-07-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-07-07** Effective Date July 7, 2005
+- **2005-07-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0127 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e1e55a9-85fa-4af4-b6c0-326027ebc55f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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