---
type: "Bill"
title: "CD CORR-PRIS REV BD-EMPLOYMENT"
description: "Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a member of the Prisoner Review Board may accept a profit or salary for teaching or presenting if the teaching or presenting is relevant to the member's field of expertise at: (1) a public or private institute of higher learning, including the Police Training Institute; (2) a workshop, seminar, conference, institute, or symposium; or (3) an educational course offered to juveniles committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice or to juveniles being paroled as a condition of parole."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "SB 1837"
citation: "Illinois SB 1837 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3386ebf7-1059-4d01-8e92-692ad4039136"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1837&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=57909&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "f140cb2c9efc7266dc9e4df12969d7879a5d0eb9670fb25632b656118dcc0320"
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 1837 (97th) — CD CORR-PRIS REV BD-EMPLOYMENT

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a member of the Prisoner Review Board may accept a profit or salary for teaching or presenting if the teaching or presenting is relevant to the member's field of expertise at: (1) a public or private institute of higher learning, including the Police Training Institute; (2) a workshop, seminar, conference, institute, or symposium; or (3) an educational course offered to juveniles committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice or to juveniles being paroled as a condition of parole.

## 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=09700SB1837&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57909&DocNum=1837&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1837eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57909&DocNum=1837&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700SB1837enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=57909&DocNum=1837&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 3 — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomas Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Thomas Johnson `filing`
- **2011-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-09** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-02** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 10, 2011
- **2011-03-14** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2011
- **2011-04-07** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-07** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2011-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2011-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2011-04-27** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
- **2011-05-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-10** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 20, 2011
- **2011-05-16** Re-assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-16** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
- **2011-05-16** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 25 Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2011-05-16** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed by Voice Vote
- **2011-05-18** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-18** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-19** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-19** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-19** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-05-19** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2011-05-19** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mike Fortner `amendment-introduction`
- **2011-05-19** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-05-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross
- **2011-05-20** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2011-05-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-26** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 3
- **2011-05-26** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 3 - May 27, 2011
- **2011-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Thomas Johnson `filing`
- **2011-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Criminal Law; 006-000-000
- **2011-05-28** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 054-000-000
- **2011-05-28** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-08-18** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-18** Effective Date January 1, 2012
- **2011-08-18** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0440 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3386ebf7-1059-4d01-8e92-692ad4039136`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).