---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD- DRUG INDUCED HOMICIDE"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person also commits the offense of drug induced homicide by causing another person's death through absorption of an unlawfully delivered controlled substance. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Illinois HB 21 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-12-28"
last_action: "2011-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21451e55-9b26-497d-bcb5-5ad23dc3103c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=21&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=54399&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "c3921e7903979e16e81e5e676e63cbe7ba8edfa727ca9922d8bb8b520232ec5d"
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 21 (97th) — CRIM CD- DRUG INDUCED HOMICIDE

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person also commits the offense of drug induced homicide by causing another person's death through absorption of an unlawfully delivered controlled substance. 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=09700HB0021&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54399&DocNum=21&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0021eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54399&DocNum=21&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB0021enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=54399&DocNum=21&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **107–1** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Sacia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-28** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Jim Sacia `filing`
- **2011-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-01-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-17** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-02-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-02-22** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-02-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
- **2011-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2011-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2011-02-24** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-001-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-02-24** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2011-03-02** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-03-02** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 3, 2011 `reading-1`
- **2011-03-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Tim Bivins
- **2011-03-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-02** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2011
- **2011-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kyle McCarter
- **2011-05-17** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-17** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2011
- **2011-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0191 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21451e55-9b26-497d-bcb5-5ad23dc3103c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).