---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-DANGEROUS PLACE"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. In the statute concerning the offense of use of a dangerous place for the commission of a controlled substance or cannabis offense, changes a reference from \"premise\" to \"premises\" in the definition of \"place\". Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2156"
citation: "Illinois SB 2156 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-11-02"
last_action: "2006-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b9fe021-9366-4719-bc54-5c2a64fd8678"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2156&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=22157&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "cb033bb8ed7351c2b7d56fabd15dc282f92761a53a6046a69b88b84e28c18c49"
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 2156 (94th) — CRIM CD-DANGEROUS PLACE

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. In the statute concerning the offense of use of a dangerous place for the commission of a controlled substance or cannabis offense, changes a reference from "premise" to "premises" in the definition of "place". 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=09400SB2156&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22157&DocNum=2156&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2156eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22157&DocNum=2156&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2156enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=22157&DocNum=2156&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John J. Cullerton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-11-02** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton `filing`
- **2005-11-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-11-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-12-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2006-01-12** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-19** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-01-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading January 31, 2006
- **2006-02-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 7, 2006
- **2006-02-14** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-14** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-02-14** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-16** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2006-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-16** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-05-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-05-08** Effective Date May 8, 2006
- **2006-05-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0743 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b9fe021-9366-4719-bc54-5c2a64fd8678`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).