---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-LASER POINTERS"
description: "CRIM CD-LASER POINTERS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 343"
citation: "Illinois HB 343 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b528bdec-814d-4fa8-bd65-e430e2c490e8"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "7793ce4efd3ebcee9594546732dc5e7777e845006c4f73f0ac89a49ad4dc2b7f"
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 343 (91st) — CRIM CD-LASER POINTERS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0343LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BEAUBIEN — cosponsor (person)
- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- BRADLEY — cosponsor (person)
- BURKE — cosponsor (person)
- DURKIN — cosponsor (person)
- FRITCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- LOPEZ — cosponsor (person)
- MCAULIFFE — cosponsor (person)
- O'CONNOR — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-01-28T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LOPEZ
- **1999-02-11T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUD-CRIMINAL H
- **1999-02-11T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-02-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AMENDED/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HJUB
- **1999-02-11T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-000-003 `reading-3`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO MCAULIFFE
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO O'CONNOR
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** JOINT-SPONSOR CHANGED TO BEAUBIEN
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRITCHEY
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCULLY
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BURKE
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BRADLEY
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-02-25
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR WALSH,T
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SJUD
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-29
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-06
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GASH
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0252

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b528bdec-814d-4fa8-bd65-e430e2c490e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).