---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM PRO-HEARSAY-CHILD VICTIMS"
description: "CRIM PRO-HEARSAY-CHILD VICTIMS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "HB 2297"
citation: "Illinois HB 2297 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-09-03T00:00:00-05:00"
last_action: "1998-07-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79eb9e25-36c8-4cbe-b063-e3cb1d1df8a4"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "ae6af6fa231248c7555b321de71995e4f8f37cffcf26379a1b685bd18f914c68"
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 2297 (90th) — CRIM PRO-HEARSAY-CHILD VICTIMS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hbgroups/hb/900HB2297LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BIGGERT — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- HOWARD — cosponsor (person)
- LINDNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-09-03T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1997-10-16T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-10-16T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-10-17T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1998-01-02T00:00:00-06:00** RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(B) RULES HRUL
- **1998-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HJUB
- **1998-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1998-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BIGGERT
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-001-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-03-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GASH
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1998-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-01T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SJUD
- **1998-04-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 98-04-23
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1998-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 98-04-30
- **1998-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 053-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1998-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1998-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOWARD
- **1998-06-02T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1998-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1998-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-07-30
- **1998-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0656

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79eb9e25-36c8-4cbe-b063-e3cb1d1df8a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).