---
type: "Bill"
title: "PREMISES LIABILITY-RANGES"
description: "Amends the Premises Liability Act. Provides that the immunity for an owner or operator of a firearm range extends to the owner or operator of a range in which an occupied permanent dwelling on adjacent property was built within 1,000 yards from an area of the range from which a firearm may be properly discharged if the dwelling was built after the range began its operation. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2103"
citation: "Illinois SB 2103 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-25"
last_action: "2005-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fb476dd-93f7-432e-8668-49ed0bbb28a3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2103&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=20564&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "f41834a45bd35c4837b7e1c582cdc071450340d9d13113966509ba1056907c85"
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 2103 (94th) — PREMISES LIABILITY-RANGES

Amends the Premises Liability Act. Provides that the immunity for an owner or operator of a firearm range extends to the owner or operator of a range in which an occupied permanent dwelling on adjacent property was built within 1,000 yards from an area of the range from which a firearm may be properly discharged if the dwelling was built after the range began its operation. 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=09400SB2103&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=20564&DocNum=2103&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2103eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=20564&DocNum=2103&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2103enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=20564&DocNum=2103&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Todd Sieben — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-25** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Todd Sieben `filing`
- **2005-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2005-03-16** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
- **2005-04-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 12, 2005
- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Passed; 058-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2005-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2005-04-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-15** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-26** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
- **2005-04-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-27** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-05-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2005-05-03** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-29** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-29** Effective Date July 29, 2005
- **2005-07-29** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0387 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fb476dd-93f7-432e-8668-49ed0bbb28a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).