---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME VICTIM-IMPACT STATEMENT"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that if a criminal defendant has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of a violent crime and a hearing has been ordered by the court under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to determine if the defendant is: (1) in need of mental health services on an inpatient basis; (2) in need of mental health services on an outpatient basis; or (3) not in need of mental health services, the victim or the victim's spouse, guardian, parent, grandparent, or other immediate family or household member shall have the right to present a victim's impact statement at the commitment hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Illinois SB 42 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-30"
last_action: "2009-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a231d3ac-8d4c-481c-b65c-c911b9e39dc3"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=42&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40148&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "b44a91899a6d1c01545df5909fa2ec9ddfaa53efd599beaf09f3abfcd6e8e105"
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 42 (96th) — CRIME VICTIM-IMPACT STATEMENT

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that if a criminal defendant has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of a violent crime and a hearing has been ordered by the court under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to determine if the defendant is: (1) in need of mental health services on an inpatient basis; (2) in need of mental health services on an outpatient basis; or (3) not in need of mental health services, the victim or the victim's spouse, guardian, parent, grandparent, or other immediate family or household member shall have the right to present a victim's impact statement at the commitment hearing.

## 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=09600SB0042&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40148&DocNum=42&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0042eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40148&DocNum=42&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0042enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40148&DocNum=42&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Careen M. Gordon — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Millner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2009-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-04** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-11** To Criminal Law Subcommittee on Constitutional Review
- **2009-02-19** Postponed - Criminal Law; Subcommittee on Constitutional Review
- **2009-02-26** Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2009
- **2009-02-26** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
- **2009-02-27** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2009-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-17** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
- **2009-03-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Criminal Law; 006-000-000
- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Millner `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
- **2009-03-25** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2009-03-25** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2009-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Randy Ramey, Jr.
- **2009-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** 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
- **2009-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A. Mendoza
- **2009-04-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M. Gordon
- **2009-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-04** Effective Date January 1, 2010
- **2009-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0117 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a231d3ac-8d4c-481c-b65c-c911b9e39dc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).