---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM-CD-DANGEROUS PLACE"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of use of a dangerous place for the commission of a controlled substance or cannabis offense. Provides that a person commits the offense if: (i) the person knowingly exercises control over a place with the intent to commit a specified controlled substance or cannabis offense and (ii) the place presents a substantial risk of injury from fire, explosion, or exposure to toxic or noxious chemicals or gas or the place contains or is surrounded by devices, chemicals, or explosives in a manner creating a substantial risk of great bodily harm. Provides that violation is a Class 1 felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 3072"
citation: "Illinois HB 3072 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-26"
last_action: "2003-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc4ba129-7924-421d-9d43-9020919ac996"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3072&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=5650&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "5bf406a852402a5a14014a977e21dbf4b5f71498c4a4934e8dcead3cdc37a0c6"
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 3072 (93rd) — CRIM-CD-DANGEROUS PLACE

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of use of a dangerous place for the commission of a controlled substance or cannabis offense. Provides that a person commits the offense if: (i) the person knowingly exercises control over a place with the intent to commit a specified controlled substance or cannabis offense and (ii) the place presents a substantial risk of injury from fire, explosion, or exposure to toxic or noxious chemicals or gas or the place contains or is surrounded by devices, chemicals, or explosives in a manner creating a substantial risk of great bodily harm. Provides that violation is a Class 1 felony.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3072&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5650&DocNum=3072&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3072eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5650&DocNum=3072&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB3072enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=5650&DocNum=3072&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- William Delgado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. William Delgado `filing`
- **2003-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-27** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2003-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 24, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Miguel del Valle
- **2003-03-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-27** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
- **2003-05-13** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2003-05-13** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-13** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2003-06-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-08-12** Filed Without Signature
- **2003-08-12** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-08-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0516 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc4ba129-7924-421d-9d43-9020919ac996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).