---
type: "Bill"
title: "SEX OFFENSE VICTIMS-POLYGRAPH"
description: "Amends the Sex Offense Victim Polygraph Act. Provides that a law enforcement officer, State's Attorney or other official shall not ask or require an alleged victim of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse to submit to a polygraph examination or any form of a mechanical or electrical lie detector test (rather than as a condition for proceeding with the investigation, charging or prosecution of such offense when the test is administered to the victim solely at the victim's request)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5931"
citation: "Illinois HB 5931 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-02-10"
last_action: "2010-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c33dc76-c081-47f0-a039-eafc528ce449"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5931&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=51594&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "7ce87567104451fab827a0772a5c63f802ebecc5834d4d1bf18ba733e27f68fe"
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 5931 (96th) — SEX OFFENSE VICTIMS-POLYGRAPH

Amends the Sex Offense Victim Polygraph Act. Provides that a law enforcement officer, State's Attorney or other official shall not ask or require an alleged victim of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse to submit to a polygraph examination or any form of a mechanical or electrical lie detector test (rather than as a condition for proceeding with the investigation, charging or prosecution of such offense when the test is administered to the victim solely at the victim's request).

## 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=09600HB5931&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51594&DocNum=5931&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5931eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51594&DocNum=5931&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5931enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=51594&DocNum=5931&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily McAsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-10** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emily McAsey `filing`
- **2010-02-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-02-10** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-22** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-04** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Darlene J. Senger
- **2010-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2010-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2010-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Greg Harris
- **2010-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2010-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William D. Burns
- **2010-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan A. Gordon
- **2010-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah Mell
- **2010-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2010-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
- **2010-03-11** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2010-03-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2010-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith Farnham
- **2010-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2010-03-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2010-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-17** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Held in Criminal Law
- **2010-04-22** Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
- **2010-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
- **2010-04-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2010-04-30** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-26** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1273 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c33dc76-c081-47f0-a039-eafc528ce449`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).