---
type: "Bill"
title: "UNIFORM PEACE OFFICERS-SOS"
description: "Amends the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act. Provides that Secretary of State sergeants, lieutenants, commanders, and investigator trainees are included in the definition of \"officer\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "HB 539"
citation: "Illinois HB 539 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-31"
last_action: "2007-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdb41582-b786-4a43-8586-4d14f56b60e0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=539&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=27566&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "2aa4f4bc1e6163607ed0931e1e8f27d449b7bd5733ca72d8ff8ba3a7d436cb4e"
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 539 (95th) — UNIFORM PEACE OFFICERS-SOS

Amends the Uniform Peace Officers' Disciplinary Act. Provides that Secretary of State sergeants, lieutenants, commanders, and investigator trainees are included in the definition of "officer".

## 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=09500HB0539&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27566&DocNum=539&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0539eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27566&DocNum=539&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HB0539enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=27566&DocNum=539&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chapin Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-31** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Chapin Rose `filing`
- **2007-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2007-02-07** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-03-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-03-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
- **2007-03-20** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2007 `reading-1`
- **2007-03-20** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2007-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-30** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Postponed - Judiciary Criminal Law
- **2007-04-25** Postponed - Judiciary Criminal Law
- **2007-05-15** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 16, 2007
- **2007-05-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-05-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2007
- **2007-05-23** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-23** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-20** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0293 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdb41582-b786-4a43-8586-4d14f56b60e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).