---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL LAW-TECH"
description: "Amends the County Jail Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sheriff as warden of the jail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 1509"
citation: "Illinois SB 1509 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2005-02-23"
last_action: "2005-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d1a8d5-ae0e-4a4a-8672-ae6208d33510"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1509&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=19561&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "be84a25b2fbb27aa333905892b4e54fd17d165700eaff7efe3aae3a99560eebd"
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 1509 (94th) — CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the County Jail Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sheriff as warden of the jail.

## 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=09400SB1509&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19561&DocNum=1509&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1509eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19561&DocNum=1509&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB1509enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=19561&DocNum=1509&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–16** (pass) · upper
- Motion — **102–13** (fail) · lower
- Motion — **38–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deborah L. Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — primary (person)
- Karen A. Yarbrough — cosponsor (person)
- Milton Patterson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-23** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `filing`
- **2005-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-23** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2005-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- **2005-03-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-16** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary; 008-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 8, 2005
- **2005-04-15** Third Reading - Passed; 039-016-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-15** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-27** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-05-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-002 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-12** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- **2005-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2005-05-17** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2005-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- **2005-05-18** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-05-18** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2005-05-18** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2005-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2005-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2005-05-18** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Governor Amendatory Veto `executive-veto`
- **2005-10-19** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto October 25, 2005
- **2005-10-19** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2005-10-27** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2005-10-27** Override Amendatory Veto - Senate Passed 038-017-000
- **2005-10-27** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-10-27** Placed on Calendar Amendatory Veto November 2, 2005
- **2005-11-02** Motion Filed Override Amendatory Veto Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
- **2005-11-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2005-11-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2005-11-03** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2005-11-03** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2005-11-03** Override Item Veto - House Passed 102-013-000
- **2005-11-03** Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
- **2005-11-07** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-11-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0678 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39d1a8d5-ae0e-4a4a-8672-ae6208d33510`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).