---
type: "Bill"
title: "GANG CRIME WITNESS-RE-ENACT"
description: "GANG CRIME WITNESS-RE-ENACT"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "HB 424"
citation: "Illinois HB 424 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-06-30T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d506fbb9-ef03-4530-838e-8aa2489e3962"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "79d5bd1c3b90c800a4c6543d445ed5f2eccaa2b0a80d2692cced47f564db75e8"
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 424 (91st) — GANG CRIME WITNESS-RE-ENACT

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0424** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/hbgroups/hb/910HB0424LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- BOST — cosponsor (person)
- JONES,JOHN — cosponsor (person)
- KOSEL — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,BILL — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,JERRY — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,RICHARD — cosponsor (person)
- O'CONNOR — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RIGHTER — cosponsor (person)
- SCHMITZ — cosponsor (person)
- SOMMER — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** FILED WITH CLERK `introduction`
- **1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-02T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-11T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS/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
- **1999-03-03T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 113-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SILVA
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN SENATE
- **1999-03-10T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 99-03-11
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** CHIEF SPONSOR PARKER
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** 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** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 010-000-000 SJUD
- **1999-04-28T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-04-29
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-05-04T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-05-05
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 058-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-05-07T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED CONCUR 01/LYONS,EILEEN
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-14T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER OF CONCURRENCE 01
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR RIGHTER
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,JOHN
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BOST
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KOSEL
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'CONNOR
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,BILL
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHMITZ
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LAWFER
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SOMMER
- **1999-05-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL,JERRY
- **1999-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** BE APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION 01/HRUL
- **1999-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** HSE CONCURS IN SEN AMENDMENTS (NO.) 01/112-000-000
- **1999-05-20T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-16T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-06-30
- **1999-06-30T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0042

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d506fbb9-ef03-4530-838e-8aa2489e3962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).