---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-FINANCIAL CRIME"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that theft of property exceeding $1,000,000 in value is a Class X felony. In the Illinois Financial Crime Law, deletes provision that a financial crime which is loan fraud in connection with a loan secured by residential real estate is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 1818"
citation: "Illinois SB 1818 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-20"
last_action: "2009-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ebb1031-8656-4017-9079-be7edb3aae54"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1818&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44630&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "5038f8a8682f3b9f45d92dd4737f72f838084d506daa26bd905c4aa6b319a523"
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 1818 (96th) — CRIM CD-FINANCIAL CRIME

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that theft of property exceeding $1,000,000 in value is a Class X felony. In the Illinois Financial Crime Law, deletes provision that a financial crime which is loan fraud in connection with a loan secured by residential real estate is a Class 4 felony. Effective immediately.

## 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=09600SB1818&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44630&DocNum=1818&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1818eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44630&DocNum=1818&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1818enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44630&DocNum=1818&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **97–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-20** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2009-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-26** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- **2009-03-24** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2009-04-01** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Randall M. Hultgren
- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
- **2009-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-23** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-007-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2009-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2009-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2009-05-18** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2009-05-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2009-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-14** Effective Date August 14, 2009
- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0534 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ebb1031-8656-4017-9079-be7edb3aae54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).