---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-FINANC EXPLOIT ELDER"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Increases the penalties for the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability by one class."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 4506"
citation: "Illinois HB 4506 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2008-01-17"
last_action: "2008-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15ba31d3-d855-449f-9f3d-6dd3ce219ef7"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4506&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=35108&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "2bf9e90700a994300dcedb80ef2724fb52f46090c975f8f6a4ec460c7fdb4546"
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 4506 (95th) — CRIM CD-FINANC EXPLOIT ELDER

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Increases the penalties for the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability by one class.

## 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=09500HB4506&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35108&DocNum=4506&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4506eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35108&DocNum=4506&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB4506enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=35108&DocNum=4506&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Kotowski — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — cosponsor (person)
- Ira I. Silverstein — cosponsor (person)
- Milton Patterson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-01-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Milton Patterson `filing`
- **2008-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-01-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-06** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-02-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2008-02-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo
- **2008-02-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2008-02-21** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2008-02-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2008-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 011-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Milton Patterson `amendment-introduction`
- **2008-03-14** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
- **2008-04-01** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-03** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2008-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-03** Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Rep. Milton Patterson
- **2008-04-03** Motion to Reconsider Vote - Prevails
- **2008-04-03** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2008-04-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2008-04-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-04-08** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2008-04-08** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 9, 2008 `reading-1`
- **2008-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon
- **2008-04-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2008-04-10** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2008-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2008
- **2008-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2008-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2008
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2008-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2008-05-20** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2008-05-20** Passed Both Houses
- **2008-06-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2008-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-11** Effective Date January 1, 2009
- **2008-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0798 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15ba31d3-d855-449f-9f3d-6dd3ce219ef7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).