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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CRIM PRO-JOINDER"
+description: "Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that 2 or more acts or transactions involving public assistance fraud, theft, retail theft, library theft, unlawful sale of household appliances, and certain other deceptive practices may be charged as a single offense in a single count of the same indictment, information, or complaint, if such acts or transactions by one or more defendants are in furtherance of a single intention and design or (rather than and) if the property, labor, or services obtained are of the same person or are of several persons having a common interest in such property, labor, or services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "95th"
+identifier: "SB 711"
+citation: "Illinois SB 711 (95th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2007-02-08"
+last_action: "2007-08-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4b31ca2-e0d0-409a-9802-c8f100cd9258"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=711&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28597&SessionID=51&GA=95"
+source_hash: "2a73332eae6de27b62a8506bc42c887dfe4b72c401fbb15926a1e331ffb2ffae"
+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 SB 711 (95th) — CRIM PRO-JOINDER
+
+Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that 2 or more acts or transactions involving public assistance fraud, theft, retail theft, library theft, unlawful sale of household appliances, and certain other deceptive practices may be charged as a single offense in a single count of the same indictment, information, or complaint, if such acts or transactions by one or more defendants are in furtherance of a single intention and design or (rather than and) if the property, labor, or services obtained are of the same person or are of several persons having a common interest in such property, labor, or services.
+
+## 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=09500SB0711&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28597&DocNum=711&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0711eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28597&DocNum=711&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0711enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28597&DocNum=711&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Randall M. Hultgren — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Randall M. Hultgren `filing`
+- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2007-03-07** Postponed - Judiciary Criminal Law
+- **2007-03-14** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
+- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
+- **2007-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-05-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
+- **2007-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2007-05-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-07** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2007-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
+- **2007-06-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2007-08-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2007-08-23** Effective Date January 1, 2008
+- **2007-08-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0384 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4b31ca2-e0d0-409a-9802-c8f100cd9258`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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