---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL LAW-TECH"
description: "Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "103rd"
identifier: "SB 422"
citation: "Illinois SB 422 (103rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Justin Slaughter", "Rachel Ventura"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaec7cb5-d4e5-4738-aedf-36d72b9f1b28"
source_url: "https://beta.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=422&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=144170&SessionID=112"
source_hash: "83bff4b43df645370c8d0c50f4c16c94ece7d0efa2c46d787f8744bbbf61628a"
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 422 (103rd) — CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0422.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0422eng.pdf)
3. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0422sam001.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://beta.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/103/SB/PDF/10300SB0422enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Executive, Amendment 1 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **52–1** (pass) · lower
- Executive — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **98–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Justin Slaughter — primary (person)
- Rachel Ventura — primary (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Willie Preston — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Don Harmon `filing`
- **2023-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-02** Assigned to Executive `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000
- **2023-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2023 `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2023
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Rachel Ventura `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
- **2023-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
- **2023-03-30** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2023-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Executive; 012-000-000
- **2023-03-31** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Ventura `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2023-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 052-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston
- **2023-03-31** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2023-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2023-03-31** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch
- **2023-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2023-04-11** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2023-04-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000
- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2023-05-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-006-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-08** Passed Both Houses
- **2023-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2023
- **2023-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0071 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaec7cb5-d4e5-4738-aedf-36d72b9f1b28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).