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type: "Bill"
title: "POLICE-VICTIM SENSITIVITY"
description: "Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Department of State Police, for State Police officers, and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, for local law enforcement officers, shall adopt rules to require law enforcement officers to receive victim sensitivity training concerning the investigation of incidents of sexual assault and sexual abuse, including the interviewing of victims, when the victim of the sexual assault or sexual abuse is under 13 years of age for all probationary, full-time, and part-time law enforcement officers. Provides that the training shall be at least 40 hours and the officer shall receive and successfully complete the training every 5 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5203"
citation: "Illinois HB 5203 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53a1deab-b1ae-4e2a-9661-126f26aa8310"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5203&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110880&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "61412c430f4bbce7d6d4c056171b01265a4f2941f57dba818eba0770b0895ba0"
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 5203 (100th) — POLICE-VICTIM SENSITIVITY
Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Department of State Police, for State Police officers, and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, for local law enforcement officers, shall adopt rules to require law enforcement officers to receive victim sensitivity training concerning the investigation of incidents of sexual assault and sexual abuse, including the interviewing of victims, when the victim of the sexual assault or sexual abuse is under 13 years of age for all probationary, full-time, and part-time law enforcement officers. Provides that the training shall be at least 40 hours and the officer shall receive and successfully complete the training every 5 years.
## 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=10000HB5203&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110880&DocNum=5203&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5203eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110880&DocNum=5203&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5203enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110880&DocNum=5203&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1060** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **510** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Napoleon Harris, III — cosponsor (person)
- Omar Aquino — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)
- William Davis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Nicholas K Smith `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. William Davis
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William Davis `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- **2018-04-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- **2018-04-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. William Davis `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-23** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** 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`
- **2018-04-27** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-27** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-27** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 106-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2018-04-27** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2018-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
- **2018-04-27** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **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. Toi W. Hutchinson
- **2018-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-05-01** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** Assigned to State Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2018-05-10** Do Pass State Government; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 15, 2018
- **2018-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2018-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
- **2018-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
- **2018-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino
- **2018-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2018
- **2018-05-24** Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-24** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-17** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0910 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53a1deab-b1ae-4e2a-9661-126f26aa8310`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).