---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM PRO-HEARSAY-DECEASED"
description: "CRIM PRO-HEARSAY-DECEASED"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 41"
citation: "Illinois HB 41 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1998-12-03T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41e4d2b-a2bb-480f-bbb6-5b66f3d35706"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "54531299a178df3577c5973db834f8a1f2086711215d781505a82fff89be3c0d"
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 41 (91st) — CRIM PRO-HEARSAY-DECEASED

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0041** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0041LV.html)

## Sponsors

- DART — cosponsor (person)
- DURKIN — cosponsor (person)
- HAWKINSON — cosponsor (person)
- JOHNSON,TIM — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- SHADID — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1998-12-03T00:00:00-06:00** PREFILED WITH CLERK
- **1999-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CIVIL LAW `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 009-000-002 HJUA
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DART
- **1999-02-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JOHNSON,TIM
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DURKIN
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DURKIN
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1999-03-12T00:00:00-06:00** CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-03-16T00:00:00-06:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-DURKIN
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-03-17T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JOHNSON,TIM
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 118-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-22T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-23
- **1999-04-08T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR HAWKINSON
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-04-14T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR NOLAND
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS 008-000-002 SJUD
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-29
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SHADID
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-04
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 052-003-003 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-04T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-07-30
- **1999-07-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0363

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f41e4d2b-a2bb-480f-bbb6-5b66f3d35706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).