republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/hb-4741.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CORRECTIONS-VISIT POLICY"
description: "Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that each committed person is entitled to 30 visits per month. Provides that every committed person may submit a list of at least 50 persons to the Department of Corrections that are authorized to visit the committed person. Provides that the list shall be kept in an electronic format by the Department as well as available in paper form for Department employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 4741"
citation: "Illinois HB 4741 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-08-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ff81a32-84f8-475b-bfb0-d73745e1cf39"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4741&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110001&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "789bd788740728039805fb1ea3e6ee915cb1c10006fac4a45296c2976949f482"
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 4741 (100th) — CORRECTIONS-VISIT POLICY

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that each committed person is entitled to 30 visits per month. Provides that every committed person may submit a list of at least 50 persons to the Department of Corrections that are authorized to visit the committed person. Provides that the list shall be kept in an electronic format by the Department as well as available in paper form for Department employees.

## 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=10000HB4741&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110001&DocNum=4741&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4741eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110001&DocNum=4741&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB4741enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110001&DocNum=4741&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **106–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Justin Slaughter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter `filing`
- **2018-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary - Criminal Committee; Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
- **2018-04-10** Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 064-049-000
- **2018-04-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Justin Slaughter `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- **2018-04-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-25** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
- **2018-04-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
- **2018-04-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2018-04-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
- **2018-04-26** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-26** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
- **2018-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Do Pass Criminal Law; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
- **2018-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2018
- **2018-05-16** Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-16** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-03** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-03** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-03** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0677 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ff81a32-84f8-475b-bfb0-d73745e1cf39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).