---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOMEST VIOLNCE-FAMILY-CAREGIVR"
description: "DOMEST VIOLNCE-FAMILY-CAREGIVR"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "92nd"
identifier: "SB 938"
citation: "Illinois SB 938 (92nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "2001-08-03T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99ee3666-e52f-4d22-8388-99dc9066c355"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/92gatoc.html"
source_hash: "0800ada28e326e7217cb80dbf3f057e721eece907eb367980abea58c9f809c79"
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 938 (92nd) — DOMEST VIOLNCE-FAMILY-CAREGIVR

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/sbgroups/sb/920SB0938LV.html)

## Sponsors

- ACEVEDO — cosponsor (person)
- BOWLES — cosponsor (person)
- CROTTY — cosponsor (person)
- HALVORSON — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
- LANG — cosponsor (person)
- LIGHTFORD — cosponsor (person)
- LINK — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,L — cosponsor (person)
- MENDOZA — cosponsor (person)
- MUNOZ — cosponsor (person)
- OBAMA — cosponsor (person)
- RONEN — cosponsor (person)
- SCULLY — cosponsor (person)
- SHAW — cosponsor (person)
- SILVERSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,L — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **2001-02-22T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-28T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-07T00:00:00-06:00** TO SUBCOMMITTEE
- **2001-03-21T00:00:00-06:00** TO SUBCOMMITTEE
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 011-000-000 SJUD
- **2001-03-28T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 01-03-29
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 01-03-30
- **2001-03-29T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MUNOZ
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR RONEN
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR OBAMA
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HALVORSON
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 054-000-000 `reading-3`
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **2001-04-03T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** HOUSE SPONSOR LANG
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ACEVEDO
- **2001-04-04T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT 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`
- **2001-04-05T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR CROTTY
- **2001-04-06T00:00:00-05:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE JUD-CRIMINAL `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 012-000-000 HJUB
- **2001-04-26T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **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** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 110-000-000 `reading-3`
- **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 MOLARO
- **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 LIGHTFORD
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SILVERSTEIN
- **2001-05-08T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WALSH,L
- **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** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **2001-05-09T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SCULLY
- **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.............................. 92-0253

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99ee3666-e52f-4d22-8388-99dc9066c355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).