---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-AGG BATTERY HOSPITAL"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes, in the offense of aggravated battery, committing a battery against hospital personnel (rather than hospital emergency room personnel) engaged in their official duties, committing a battery to prevent them from performing their official duties, or committing a battery in retaliation for performing their official duties. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 249"
citation: "Illinois HB 249 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-23"
last_action: "2003-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3067e19-c2dd-4b8e-b64e-ca874f286e25"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=249&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=561&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "12ae66c4a364e2587979fb1b74cbe95c4de0f8c999c99172262928cf37f8d792"
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 249 (93rd) — CRIM CD-AGG BATTERY HOSPITAL

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Includes, in the offense of aggravated battery, committing a battery against hospital personnel (rather than hospital emergency room personnel) engaged in their official duties, committing a battery to prevent them from performing their official duties, or committing a battery in retaliation for performing their official duties. 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=09300HB0249&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=561&DocNum=249&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0249eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=561&DocNum=249&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0249enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=561&DocNum=249&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Steve Davis `filing`
- **2003-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-23** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-29** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-20** Judicial Note Filed
- **2003-02-24** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2003-02-28** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- **2003-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2003-03-04** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 5, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2003-03-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-04** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
- **2003-04-16** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
- **2003-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- **2003-05-20** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-02** Effective Date July 2, 2003
- **2003-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0083 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3067e19-c2dd-4b8e-b64e-ca874f286e25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).