---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM PRO-CHARACTER EVIDENCE"
description: "CRIM PRO-CHARACTER EVIDENCE"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Illinois SB 5 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-07-22T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70d456dc-c791-413c-a94d-c357bbc3de34"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "f765b653920c58a0dc945887804e0d9db056f88e0ab96eeeaae1be82acf4eff0"
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 5 (90th) — CRIM PRO-CHARACTER EVIDENCE

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0005** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0005LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERGMAN — cosponsor (person)
- BURZYNSKI — cosponsor (person)
- DUDYCZ — cosponsor (person)
- DURKIN — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- KLINGLER — cosponsor (person)
- LUECHTEFELD — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- MAHAR — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- PHILIP — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- SYVERSON — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)
- WATSON — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-22T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1997-01-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR PARKER
- **1997-01-30T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SYVERSON
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** TO SUBCOMMITTEE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SJUD
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 97-03-13
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PHILIP
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MAHAR
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOMKE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WATSON
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BURZYNSKI
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LUECHTEFELD
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DUDYCZ
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1997-03-13T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR WALSH,T
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RADOGNO
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-18
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RADOGNO
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** RULES REFERS TO SJUD
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RADOGNO
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** BE ADOPTED SJUD/009-000-000
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-RADOGNO
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-19
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR DURKIN
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **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`
- **1997-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KLINGLER
- **1997-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BERGMAN
- **1997-04-30T00:00:00-05:00** CORRECTIONAL NOTE FILED AS AMEND-SA 1&2
- **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
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 107-002-007 `reading-3`
- **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 98-01-01
- **1997-07-22T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0132

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70d456dc-c791-413c-a94d-c357bbc3de34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).