---
type: "Bill"
title: "PUB AID-UNEMP INS-DISCLOSURE"
description: "Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the current address of a recipient who was a victim of a felony or a witness to a felony shall be made available upon request to a State's Attorney or a State's Attorney's investigator. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Employment Security shall make available to a State's Attorney or a State's Attorney's investigator, upon request, the current address or, if the current address is unavailable, current employer information, if available, of a victim of a felony or a witness to a felony or a person against whom an arrest warrant is outstanding. Effective January 1, 2004."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 525"
citation: "Illinois HB 525 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-30"
last_action: "2003-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63159daa-5e0d-45fd-b34e-6be70e3dc303"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=525&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=962&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "6128b72db0082aa7a6e725ad8580192cf11424f4d4f5183bed90212fa4aeca3a"
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 525 (93rd) — PUB AID-UNEMP INS-DISCLOSURE

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the current address of a recipient who was a victim of a felony or a witness to a felony shall be made available upon request to a State's Attorney or a State's Attorney's investigator. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the Department of Employment Security shall make available to a State's Attorney or a State's Attorney's investigator, upon request, the current address or, if the current address is unavailable, current employer information, if available, of a victim of a felony or a witness to a felony or a person against whom an arrest warrant is outstanding. Effective January 1, 2004.

## 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=09300HB0525&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=962&DocNum=525&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0525eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=962&DocNum=525&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0525enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=962&DocNum=525&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin A. McCarthy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-01-30** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy `filing`
- **2003-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-01-30** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-04** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 011-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-02-21** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-02-26** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-11** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 12, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-03-11** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2003-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-03-12** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-07** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-23** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-23** Effective Date January 1, 2004
- **2003-07-23** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0311 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63159daa-5e0d-45fd-b34e-6be70e3dc303`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).