---
type: "Bill"
title: "CD CORR-SENTENCE CREDIT"
description: "Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the amount of credit to be applied against a sentence of imprisonment or periodic imprisonment when the defendant served a term or partial term of periodic imprisonment shall be calculated upon the basis of the actual days spent in confinement rather than the duration of the term."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Illinois HB 181 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-03"
last_action: "2007-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f483370-dd7c-453c-a769-d428552ea7ad"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=181&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26822&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "50c5f7fbd09d0c465a500af49db46fd975c7e8365a3704998cc5d94f73110a31"
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 181 (95th) — CD CORR-SENTENCE CREDIT

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the amount of credit to be applied against a sentence of imprisonment or periodic imprisonment when the defendant served a term or partial term of periodic imprisonment shall be calculated upon the basis of the actual days spent in confinement rather than the duration of the term.

## 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=09500HB0181&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26822&DocNum=181&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0181eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26822&DocNum=181&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0181enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=26822&DocNum=181&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-03** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz `filing`
- **2007-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-01-31** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 13, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
- **2007-03-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
- **2007-05-03** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
- **2007-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-10** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-10** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-10** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0035 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f483370-dd7c-453c-a769-d428552ea7ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).