---
type: "Bill"
title: "PAROLE & RELEASE-VICTIM STATEM"
description: "Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Open Parole Hearings Act. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to establish a toll-free number that may be accessed by the victim of a violent crime to present information for consideration by the Board at the parole hearing or at a proceeding on determining conditions of mandatory supervised release or at a hearing on revocation of mandatory supervised release of a person sentenced to a determinate sentence who committed the crime against the victim. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 1359"
citation: "Illinois HB 1359 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e6a8da5-4e68-475a-a450-478bb573f8f0"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1359&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=2117&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "d5f9d00b378a5556c9e282280312b778fc7953e4dc63f0e2fd0252b0206d1591"
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 1359 (93rd) — PAROLE & RELEASE-VICTIM STATEM

Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act and the Open Parole Hearings Act. Requires the Prisoner Review Board to establish a toll-free number that may be accessed by the victim of a violent crime to present information for consideration by the Board at the parole hearing or at a proceeding on determining conditions of mandatory supervised release or at a hearing on revocation of mandatory supervised release of a person sentenced to a determinate sentence who committed the crime against the victim. 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=09300HB1359&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2117&DocNum=1359&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1359eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2117&DocNum=1359&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB1359enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=2117&DocNum=1359&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry K. Bomke — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Kurtz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-02-06** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Rosemary Kurtz `filing`
- **2003-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-02-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2003-03-06** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2003-03-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2003-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2003-03-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
- **2003-03-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-001-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-03-25** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2003-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2003 `reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
- **2003-04-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-16** 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** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Larry K. Bomke
- **2003-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2003-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
- **2003-05-07** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2003-05-09** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2003-05-09** Passed Both Houses
- **2003-06-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2003-07-22** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-22** Effective Date July 22, 2003
- **2003-07-22** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0235 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e6a8da5-4e68-475a-a450-478bb573f8f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).