---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-THEFT-EMERG EXIT"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of theft by emergency exit. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she commits a retail theft and to facilitate the theft he or she leaves the retail mercantile establishment by use of a designated emergency exit. Establishes penalties. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 816"
citation: "Illinois HB 816 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8ecae1d-5a72-40ad-8881-148d07e2ce33"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=816&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15406&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "899dee931cc63c960bca1f06e3e25db3bdbc0b1a527dada92bb3ab8114f93bcc"
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 816 (94th) — CRIM CD-THEFT-EMERG EXIT

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of theft by emergency exit. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she commits a retail theft and to facilitate the theft he or she leaves the retail mercantile establishment by use of a designated emergency exit. Establishes penalties. 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=09400HB0816&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15406&DocNum=816&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0816eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15406&DocNum=816&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0816enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15406&DocNum=816&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **81–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel V. Beiser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-18** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 011-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-18** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- **2005-03-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-031-005 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2005-03-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-09** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-19** Correctional Note Filed from the Illinois Department of Corrections.
- **2005-04-20** Postponed - Judiciary
- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Judiciary; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
- **2005-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2005
- **2005-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0449 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8ecae1d-5a72-40ad-8881-148d07e2ce33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).