---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-THEFT GOVERNMENT PROP"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. For the purposes of property offenses, defines \"governmental property\" as funds or other property owned by the State, a unit of local government, or a school district. Provides for enhanced penalties for theft of governmental property. Establishes the same penalties for this offense as the penalties for theft committed in a school or place of worship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 1434"
citation: "Illinois HB 1434 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-10"
last_action: "2005-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/735b0277-deeb-4e5f-a9fe-732e085e30d3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1434&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=16226&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "e6a1de1ca642d08e573e6ae0f8b1976b17a2635e7509cc813f268408698c5dfb"
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 1434 (94th) — CRIM CD-THEFT GOVERNMENT PROP

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. For the purposes of property offenses, defines "governmental property" as funds or other property owned by the State, a unit of local government, or a school district. Provides for enhanced penalties for theft of governmental property. Establishes the same penalties for this offense as the penalties for theft committed in a school or place of worship.

## 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=09400HB1434&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16226&DocNum=1434&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1434eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16226&DocNum=1434&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB1434enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=16226&DocNum=1434&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Milton Patterson — primary (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Milton Patterson `filing`
- **2005-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-16** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2005-02-25** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- **2005-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2005-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2005-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2005-03-10** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-03-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Wyvetter H. Younge
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2005-03-21** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-06** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2005-04-06** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-04-06** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-04-21** Correctional Note Filed from the Illinois Department of Corrections.
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2005-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-07** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-07** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-07** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0134 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/735b0277-deeb-4e5f-a9fe-732e085e30d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).