---
type: "Bill"
title: "SEXUALLY VIOLENT PERSONS ACT"
description: "SEXUALLY VIOLENT PERSONS ACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "90th"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Illinois SB 6 (90th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 67
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1997-01-09T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1997-06-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/405f0287-112a-41c5-91f6-96ab1318d945"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/90gatoc.html"
source_hash: "e1e5f3e35a50570dd0b02ceff45dd05394fbacf283d2f8600c774c9fd751f8db"
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 6 (90th) — SEXUALLY VIOLENT PERSONS ACT

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0006** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sbgroups/sb/900SB0006LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- BROSNAHAN — cosponsor (person)
- DART — cosponsor (person)
- DUDYCZ — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- KARPIEL — cosponsor (person)
- LUECHTEFELD — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- MAHAR — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- PHILIP — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — 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
- **1997-02-27T00:00:00-06:00** TO SUBCOMMITTEE
- **1997-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 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
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1997-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 97-03-18
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1997-03-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR ROSKAM
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1997-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1997-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN
- **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
- **1997-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GASH
- **1997-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO DART
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-12T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO HJUB
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1997-05-13T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** JOINT-ALTERNATE-SPONSOR CHANGED TO ZICKUS
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HJUB/008-000-006
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BROSNAHAN
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-DART
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-DART
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED HRUL/003-002-000
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DART
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-DART
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1997-05-15T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-003 `reading-3`
- **1997-05-16T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 01,02
- **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/RADOGNO
- **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/RADOGNO
- **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/RADOGNO
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION SJUD/007-003-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KARPIEL
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 01,02/RADOGNO
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01,02/059-000-000
- **1997-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1997-06-19T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1997-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1997-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 98-01-01
- **1997-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0040

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/405f0287-112a-41c5-91f6-96ab1318d945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).