---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-DOMESTIC BATTERY"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that for a first offense of domestic battery, the offender shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment. Provides that for a second or subsequent conviction of domestic battery, the offender shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum 72 consecutive hours of imprisonment (now for a second conviction committed within 5 years of a previous conviction, the offender shall be mandatorily sentenced to a minimum 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 4287"
citation: "Illinois HB 4287 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2004-01-30"
last_action: "2004-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d48ff652-ca32-40d4-80b3-390ff575d77a"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4287&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=8538&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "47a974f388935b1fa6c4c2a80a78cbf25cafbb401a9c96840af9eaeab1997f80"
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 4287 (93rd) — CRIM CD-DOMESTIC BATTERY

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that for a first offense of domestic battery, the offender shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment. Provides that for a second or subsequent conviction of domestic battery, the offender shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum 72 consecutive hours of imprisonment (now for a second conviction committed within 5 years of a previous conviction, the offender shall be mandatorily sentenced to a minimum 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment).

## 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=09300HB4287&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=8538&DocNum=4287&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4287eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=8538&DocNum=4287&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB4287enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=8538&DocNum=4287&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Raymond Poe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-30** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Raymond Poe `filing`
- **2004-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-01-30** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-24** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2004-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana Mendoza
- **2004-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2004-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2004-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen Gordon
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William J. Grunloh
- **2004-03-24** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2004-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
- **2004-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2004-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
- **2004-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- **2004-03-26** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2004-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Raymond Poe `amendment-introduction`
- **2004-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2004-03-30** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
- **2004-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2004-03-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2004-03-30** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2004-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2004-03-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-03-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- **2004-03-31** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2004-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 1, 2004 `reading-1`
- **2004-03-31** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2004-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2004-04-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** Held in Judiciary
- **2004-04-28** Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 28, 2004
- **2004-04-28** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2004-04-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 29, 2004
- **2004-04-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2004-04-29** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2004-05-05** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2004-05-05** Passed Both Houses
- **2004-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2004-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-26** Effective Date January 1, 2005
- **2004-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0809 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d48ff652-ca32-40d4-80b3-390ff575d77a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).