---
type: "Bill"
title: "CUSTODIAL SEXUAL MISCONDUCT"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits custodial sexual misconduct when he or she is an employee of a law enforcement agency and engages in sexual conduct or sexual penetration with a person who is in the custody of a law enforcement agency. Provides that any person convicted of violating the offense immediately shall forfeit his or her employment with a law enforcement agency. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5597"
citation: "Illinois HB 5597 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 115
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/114ea902-2086-4c0c-a1cb-ab25edf01709"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5597&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=111606&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "02571421655c8cdd044c435665f5488d279fed0d2865b96875a304896eadb836"
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 5597 (100th) — CUSTODIAL SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits custodial sexual misconduct when he or she is an employee of a law enforcement agency and engages in sexual conduct or sexual penetration with a person who is in the custody of a law enforcement agency. Provides that any person convicted of violating the offense immediately shall forfeit his or her employment with a law enforcement agency. Makes conforming changes. 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=10000HB5597&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111606&DocNum=5597&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5597eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111606&DocNum=5597&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5597enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=111606&DocNum=5597&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Juliana Stratton — primary (person)
- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Juliana Stratton `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2018-03-07** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Juliana Stratton `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- **2018-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
- **2018-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
- **2018-04-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2018-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2018-04-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2018-04-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K Smith
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie Phelps Finnie
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John Connor
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Brady
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Peter Breen
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Lee Long
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sheri Jesiel
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Wheeler
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sam Yingling
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Christine Winger
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Avery Bourne
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel Swanson
- **2018-04-19** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
- **2018-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
- **2018-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
- **2018-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
- **2018-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2018-04-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 100-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 24, 2018 `reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2018-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2018-04-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2018-05-01** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Do Pass Criminal Law; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2018-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2018
- **2018-05-23** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2018-05-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2018-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2018-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-03** Effective Date August 3, 2018
- **2018-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0693 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/114ea902-2086-4c0c-a1cb-ab25edf01709`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).