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+type: "Bill"
+title: "MICHELLE EPPEL LAW"
+description: "Amends the title of \"An Act concerning criminal law\", Public Act 94-397, by providing that the Act may be referred to as the Michelle Eppel Law. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "SB 1429"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1429 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-18"
+last_action: "2009-08-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2a6d3d0-6dd9-4378-8df2-dba2558053d4"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1429&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=42698&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "48e1713e294a5903985fe7d0d225daf5625979e0c1c9a6a16d6f5f4bfe134e62"
+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 1429 (96th) — MICHELLE EPPEL LAW
+
+Amends the title of "An Act concerning criminal law", Public Act 94-397, by providing that the Act may be referred to as the Michelle Eppel Law. 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=09600SB1429&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42698&DocNum=1429&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1429eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42698&DocNum=1429&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1429enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=42698&DocNum=1429&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan Rutherford — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-02-18** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Rutherford `filing`
+- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-02-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-25** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-27** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
+- **2009-03-05** Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 6, 2009
+- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
+- **2009-03-26** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-03-26** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2009-03-26** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-26** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
+- **2009-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-05-06** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-05-13** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-05-13** Passed Both Houses
+- **2009-05-13** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
+- **2009-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-10** Effective Date August 10, 2009
+- **2009-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0218 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2a6d3d0-6dd9-4378-8df2-dba2558053d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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