---
type: "Bill"
title: "CD CORR-AGG DISCH FIREARM"
description: "Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm, whether or not the conduct leading to conviction for the offense resulted in great bodily harm to the victim, may only receive a maximum of 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Illinois HB 35 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-12-15"
last_action: "2005-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/502fb4a1-e868-4526-b6b1-06ec6ded3d6f"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=35&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14156&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "7ec0369f5c6e0e2e0e968c71660d25b38d5bf908dcda6da6f2fe8030f8ea4778"
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 35 (94th) — CD CORR-AGG DISCH FIREARM

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted of aggravated discharge of a firearm, whether or not the conduct leading to conviction for the offense resulted in great bodily harm to the victim, may only receive a maximum of 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment. Effective immediately.

## 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=09400HB0035&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14156&DocNum=35&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0035eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14156&DocNum=35&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0035enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14156&DocNum=35&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-12-15** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz `filing`
- **2005-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
- **2005-02-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2005-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-08** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-09** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-02-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James A. DeLeo
- **2005-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-15** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-23** Effective Date June 23, 2005
- **2005-06-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0071 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/502fb4a1-e868-4526-b6b1-06ec6ded3d6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).