---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME VIC YEAR POST INDICT"
description: "Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Provides an alternative time for filing a claim: that a crime victim may file a claim within one year after the criminal indictment of a person for a crime upon which the claim is based (now, within 2 years of the crime)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Illinois SB 31 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-01-31"
last_action: "2007-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f829451c-74a5-430a-8938-98a7e0b1318e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=31&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27242&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "83aa8164eba6291bf5df5f3ee8474aa6bfc12a990ae4c61ded715a093b44c511"
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 31 (95th) — CRIME VIC YEAR POST INDICT

Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Provides an alternative time for filing a claim: that a crime victim may file a claim within one year after the criminal indictment of a person for a crime upon which the claim is based (now, within 2 years of the crime).

## 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=09500SB0031&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27242&DocNum=31&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0031eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27242&DocNum=31&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0031enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=27242&DocNum=31&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Biggins — cosponsor (person)
- Careen M Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Millner — primary (person)
- Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
- William B. Black — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-31** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2007-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-01-31** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-07** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-02-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2007
- **2007-02-22** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2007
- **2007-02-23** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-02-23** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-27** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
- **2007-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-28** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-01** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- **2007-04-30** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-17** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2007-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- **2007-05-22** Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
- **2007-05-22** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2007-05-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2007-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2007-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2008
- **2007-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0250 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f829451c-74a5-430a-8938-98a7e0b1318e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).