---
type: "Bill"
title: "FLEEING POLICE-PENALTY-SEIZURE"
description: "FLEEING POLICE-PENALTY-SEIZURE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Illinois SB 233 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-22T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14f7eb85-48bc-4317-9630-f124106e75ef"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "4f77a92b022881abef4884f6c4075660745746c57ab03831ba76aa556f2615f9"
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 233 (90th) — FLEEING POLICE-PENALTY-SEIZURE

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0233LV.html)

## Sponsors

- CLAYBORNE — cosponsor (person)
- HALVORSON — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- HOLBROOK — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- MCGUIRE — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- POE — cosponsor (person)
- STEPHENS — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SJUD
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-02-28
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-04
- **1997-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CLAYBORNE
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WALSH,T
- **1997-03-06T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR STEPHENS
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR POE
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCGUIRE
- **1997-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOLBROOK
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HJUB
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 111-000-006 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-07-22T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-07-22T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-07-22
- **1997-07-22T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0134

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14f7eb85-48bc-4317-9630-f124106e75ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).