---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME VICTIMS-VICTIM DEFINED"
description: "CRIME VICTIMS-VICTIM DEFINED"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Illinois SB 5 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-01-14T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-07-23T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68e7159e-748d-496f-9c3d-e5312569d6df"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "963dc3c49a73f388a44fa809afbecc2a6dd079bafb2310b4ec7896fd17a540ee"
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 (91st) — CRIME VICTIMS-VICTIM DEFINED

## 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/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0005LV.html)

## Sponsors

- GASH — cosponsor (person)
- LOPEZ — cosponsor (person)
- LYONS,EILEEN — cosponsor (person)
- MATHIAS — cosponsor (person)
- RADOGNO — cosponsor (person)
- ZICKUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** PREFILED WITH SECRETARY DECEMBER 03, 1998
- **1999-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-01-14T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-27T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-03T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-JUDICIARY S
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS AS AMENDED 008-000-000 SJUD
- **1999-02-18T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-02-24
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-02-25
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 055-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR ZICKUS
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LOPEZ
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR GASH
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HJUB
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-15T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-04-20T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MATHIAS
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-05-28T00:00:00-05:00** 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.............................. 91-0258

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68e7159e-748d-496f-9c3d-e5312569d6df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).