---
type: "Bill"
title: "SENIOR CITIZENS-VICTIMIZER DA"
description: "SENIOR CITIZENS-VICTIMIZER DA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 500"
citation: "Illinois SB 500 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-03T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db790a31-f69b-4d4f-bcd1-86712214b29c"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "66d21aa29f371e149b17c94919569de9ea19b5521bd25efd2509b4a1a0efb762"
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 500 (92nd) — SENIOR CITIZENS-VICTIMIZER DA

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB0500LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- DELEO — cosponsor (person)
- FORBY — cosponsor (person)
- FOWLER — cosponsor (person)
- FRITCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- HALVORSON — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- LIGHTFORD — cosponsor (person)
- LINK — cosponsor (person)
- MCGUIRE — cosponsor (person)
- MENDOZA — cosponsor (person)
- MOLARO — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- SHAW — cosponsor (person)
- SILVERSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- TROTTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-20T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ST GOVERN OPR `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08T00:00:00-06:00** POSTPONED
- **2001-03-20T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **2001-03-27T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR SILVERSTEIN
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 009-000-000 SGOA
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-03-30
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-04-04
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 056-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE SPONSOR MENDOZA
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ALTERNATE PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO FRITCHEY
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MENDOZA
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGING `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FOWLER
- **2001-04-17T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FORBY
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCGUIRE
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MCCARTHY
- **2001-04-19T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR CURRIE
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR OSTERMAN
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2001-04-24T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR JONES,SHIRLEY
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** FISCAL NOTE FILED
- **2001-04-25T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE AGING
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 018-000-000 HAGI
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-01T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR NOVAK
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **2001-05-02T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR BRADLEY
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR BUGIELSKI
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR CAPPARELLI
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS AN ALTERNATE CO-SPONSOR MILLER
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOWLES
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JACOBS
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOLARO
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LIGHTFORD
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LINK
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 112-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-06-06T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2001-08-03T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-03T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 02-01-01
- **2001-08-03T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0246

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db790a31-f69b-4d4f-bcd1-86712214b29c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).