---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-CURRENCY EXCHANGE"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes a currency exchange in the definition of financial institution under the Illinois Financial Crime Law. In the statute concerning deceptive practices, provides that a person who, with the intent to defraud, makes or causes to be made any false statement in writing in order to obtain services from a currency exchange, knowing such writing to be false, and with the intent that it be relied upon, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "SB 2617"
citation: "Illinois SB 2617 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-01-20"
last_action: "2006-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a7e8d56-fff8-4cf2-a7c0-234fb8300bb8"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2617&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23547&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "5417c811e61cca2a083ecbf7826799d4f1193f303896e4c890ec40a409914bf8"
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 2617 (94th) — CRIM CD-CURRENCY EXCHANGE

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes a currency exchange in the definition of financial institution under the Illinois Financial Crime Law. In the statute concerning deceptive practices, provides that a person who, with the intent to defraud, makes or causes to be made any false statement in writing in order to obtain services from a currency exchange, knowing such writing to be false, and with the intent that it be relied upon, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. 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=09400SB2617&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23547&DocNum=2617&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2617eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23547&DocNum=2617&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400SB2617enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=23547&DocNum=2617&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)
- Shane Cultra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-01-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard `filing`
- **2006-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-08** Assigned to Financial Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2006-02-16** Do Pass Financial Institutions; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-02-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2006
- **2006-02-16** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2006-02-16** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2006-02-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 1, 2006
- **2006-03-02** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-02** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2006-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2006-03-02** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2006-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-03-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-03** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2006-03-03** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2006-03-03** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **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
- **2006-03-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-03-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2006-03-29** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2006-03-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-16** Effective Date June 16, 2006
- **2006-06-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0872 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a7e8d56-fff8-4cf2-a7c0-234fb8300bb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).