---
type: "Bill"
title: "FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS-PRISONR PAY"
description: "FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS-PRISONR PAY"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "Illinois SB 381 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 109
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-08-19T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb1541e-3e5f-4ed2-8259-07f742603792"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "f56ed1e643d0a96b75fb4ddd3689838accb4166506a4236a236892415c1541cf"
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 381 (90th) — FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS-PRISONR PAY

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0381LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- DILLARD — cosponsor (person)
- DUDYCZ — cosponsor (person)
- FAWELL — cosponsor (person)
- FITZGERALD — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- LAUZEN — cosponsor (person)
- LINK — cosponsor (person)
- LUECHTEFELD — cosponsor (person)
- MAHAR — cosponsor (person)
- NOVAK — cosponsor (person)
- ROSKAM — cosponsor (person)
- SCULLY — cosponsor (person)
- SEVERNS — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)
- WELCH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-02-05T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-06T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SJUD
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-02-28
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FITZGERALD
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DILLARD
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINK
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WELCH
- **1997-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-19
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SEVERNS
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LAUZEN
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 052-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR ROSKAM
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1997-04-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **1997-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SCULLY
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED BY SA 1
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GASH
- **1997-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR NOVAK
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CRIMINAL H
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 015-000-000 HJUB
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HJUB
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HJUB
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HJUB/015-000-000
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HJUB/015-000-000
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 04-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 04-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 03-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** WITHDRAWN
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 04-ROSKAM
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED 097-017-003 `passage`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 095-017-004 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01,02,04
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION NON-CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 04-FAWELL
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/FAWELL
- **1997-05-19T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/FAWELL
- **1997-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SJUD
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/FAWELL
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SJUD/010-000-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/FAWELL
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/054-004-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION NON-CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 04-FAWELL
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SEN NON-CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 04
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-05-22T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER NON-CONCURRENCE 04
- **1997-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFUSE RECEDE - HSE AMEND NO 04/ROSKAM
- **1997-05-23T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER NON-CONCURRENCE 04
- **1997-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** HSE REFUSES TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENT NO 04
- **1997-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** HSE REQUESTS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST
- **1997-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/SCULLY,
- **1997-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** GASH, HANNIG,
- **1997-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** CHURCHILL & ROSKAM
- **1997-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** SEN ACCEDE REQUEST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 1ST
- **1997-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPOINTED 1ST/FAWELL,
- **1997-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** HAWKINSON, DILLARD
- **1997-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** CULLERTON, SHAW
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/ROSKAM
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO 1ST/HRUL
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/FAWELL
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/FAWELL
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SRUL
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT SUBMITED 1ST/FAWELL
- **1997-05-30T00:00:00-05:00** SENATE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/043-013-001
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 1ST/ROSKAM
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION HRUL/003-002-000
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST/116-000-001
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** BOTH HOUSES ADOPTED CONFERENCE REPORT 1ST
- **1997-05-31T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-27T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 97-08-19
- **1997-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0505

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fb1541e-3e5f-4ed2-8259-07f742603792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).