---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIMINAL LAW-TECH"
description: "Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "101st"
identifier: "HB 94"
citation: "Illinois HB 94 (101st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-10"
last_action: "2019-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/522a53b5-b737-4361-b05f-b4969fdb3e9c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=94&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=113916&SessionID=108&GA=101"
source_hash: "6163953c31ff1164c54a540dec930549fb5f926921d97bab54b4937530cbc86b"
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 94 (101st) — CRIMINAL LAW-TECH

Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

## 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=10100HB0094&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113916&DocNum=94&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0094eng&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113916&DocNum=94&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10100HB0094enr&GA=101&SessionId=108&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=113916&DocNum=94&GAID=15&SpecSess=&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence — **63–52** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **61–47** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Slaughter — primary (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — primary (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-10** Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Michael J. Madigan `filing`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-09** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 007-005-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
- **2019-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2019-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 018-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
- **2019-04-11** Third Reading - Consideration Postponed `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2019-04-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 061-047-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-04-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- **2019-04-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2019-04-24** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Postponed - Criminal Law
- **2019-05-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Criminal Law
- **2019-05-07** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Do Pass as Amended Criminal Law; 007-003-000 `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
- **2019-05-09** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2019
- **2019-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
- **2019-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 037-017-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2019-05-24** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2019-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2019-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2019-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Justin Slaughter
- **2019-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-26** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-27** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-006-000
- **2019-05-30** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 063-052-000
- **2019-05-30** House Concurs
- **2019-05-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2019-06-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-21** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-21** Effective Date January 1, 2020
- **2019-08-21** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0440 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/522a53b5-b737-4361-b05f-b4969fdb3e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).