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+type: "Bill"
+title: "LAW ENFORC-PROP DISPOSE-CHARTY"
+description: "Amends the Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act. Provides that if there is property in the custody of a law enforcement agency whose ownership has been unascertained for at least 6 months, a sheriff, police chief, or principal law enforcement official, who determines that the public interest would be served, may donate the property to a registered charity or transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State (instead of transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State)."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "97th"
+identifier: "HB 1553"
+citation: "Illinois HB 1553 (97th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2011-02-15"
+last_action: "2011-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebe7d904-2534-4d42-9cb3-91b60407f38c"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1553&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=58699&SessionID=84&GA=97"
+source_hash: "4819c9777a5a51927e77742363651310b4004c5586ba94a4e6cec3568d935504"
+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 1553 (97th) — LAW ENFORC-PROP DISPOSE-CHARTY
+
+Amends the Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act. Provides that if there is property in the custody of a law enforcement agency whose ownership has been unascertained for at least 6 months, a sheriff, police chief, or principal law enforcement official, who determines that the public interest would be served, may donate the property to a registered charity or transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State (instead of transfer the property to the local government of which the official is a part or to the State).
+
+## 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=09700HB1553&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58699&DocNum=1553&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1553eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58699&DocNum=1553&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB1553enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=58699&DocNum=1553&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **110–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carol A. Sente — primary (person)
+- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente `filing`
+- **2011-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-02-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-22** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Carol A. Sente `amendment-introduction`
+- **2011-02-28** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to State Government Administration Committee
+- **2011-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Cunningham
+- **2011-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2011-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
+- **2011-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
+- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
+- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
+- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
+- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
+- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2011-03-01** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
+- **2011-03-02** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2011-03-02** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-03-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2011-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2011-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2011-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
+- **2011-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
+- **2011-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-03-14** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2011-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-14** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
+- **2011-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-14** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
+- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
+- **2011-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
+- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
+- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2011-06-28** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2011-06-28** Effective Date January 1, 2012
+- **2011-06-28** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0028 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebe7d904-2534-4d42-9cb3-91b60407f38c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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