---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM CD-LIMITATIONS"
description: "Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a prosecution for the offense of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving death or personal injuries or failing to give information and render aid following a motor vehicle accident that involves death or personal injuries or damage to an attended vehicle may be commenced at any time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 885"
citation: "Illinois HB 885 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-02"
last_action: "2005-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/320dd5b7-1297-4267-ac3d-fd2c1a399de4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=885&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15492&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "d728493957220cd678beac71f39065d0a271978684c575fecf87efae593de96e"
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 885 (94th) — CRIM CD-LIMITATIONS

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a prosecution for the offense of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving death or personal injuries or failing to give information and render aid following a motor vehicle accident that involves death or personal injuries or damage to an attended vehicle may be commenced at any time.

## 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=09400HB0885&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15492&DocNum=885&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0885eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15492&DocNum=885&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0885enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=15492&DocNum=885&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **112–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mattie Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Susana A Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-02** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John J. Millner `filing`
- **2005-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-02** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-03** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Susana A Mendoza
- **2005-02-08** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
- **2005-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
- **2005-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
- **2005-02-08** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin A. McCarthy
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
- **2005-02-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- **2005-02-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-18** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-18** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-001-000 `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
- **2005-03-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-03** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-03** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
- **2005-03-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-03-03** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2005-04-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-05-29** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-08** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-08** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-08-08** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0487 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/320dd5b7-1297-4267-ac3d-fd2c1a399de4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).