---
type: "Bill"
title: "METH CONTROL-PENALTIES-CHURCH"
description: "Amends the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that if a person engages in participation in methamphetamine manufacturing and the methamphetamine manufacturing occurs within 1,000 feet of a place of worship, parsonage, or former church facility, the person commits aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 1403"
citation: "Illinois HB 1403 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffbdbbd7-05a6-4726-afca-f9414428b7c6"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1403&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=30193&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "ca914aed3036f123319d00bba5a92bcf2ede0ea8252fc4e8b5c81558dcc2eb1b"
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 1403 (95th) — METH CONTROL-PENALTIES-CHURCH

Amends the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that if a person engages in participation in methamphetamine manufacturing and the methamphetamine manufacturing occurs within 1,000 feet of a place of worship, parsonage, or former church facility, the person commits aggravated participation in methamphetamine manufacturing.

## 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=09500HB1403&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30193&DocNum=1403&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1403eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30193&DocNum=1403&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB1403enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=30193&DocNum=1403&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Sacia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia `filing`
- **2007-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-21** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-27** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-20** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2007-03-22** Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-22** Remains in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
- **2007-03-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-04-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-04-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
- **2007-04-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2007-04-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
- **2007-04-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2007-04-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-04-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Todd Sieben
- **2007-04-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-04-20** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Todd Sieben `amendment-introduction`
- **2007-05-08** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-09** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
- **2007-05-15** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass as Amended Judiciary Criminal Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2007
- **2007-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2007-05-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Jim Sacia
- **2007-05-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-28** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2007-05-31** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
- **2007-06-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-06-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 099-000-000
- **2007-06-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-07-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-31** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-31** Effective Date June 1, 2008
- **2007-08-31** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0571 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffbdbbd7-05a6-4726-afca-f9414428b7c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).