republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-607.md

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Bill	CRIM CD-SWITCHBLADES	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides an exemption from the prohibition on sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, or carrying of a switchblade knife to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing switchblade knives. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 607	Illinois SB 607 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	28	2	2017-01-24	2017-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8aea5c6f-5130-45f1-a153-2377cdddae59	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=607&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=100589&SessionID=91&GA=100	c47379972ee931b32ff818bc3d27b7a3efdc29e61ae4eabbcd6f12e6a523d545	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 607 (100th) — CRIM CD-SWITCHBLADES

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides an exemption from the prohibition on sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, or carrying of a switchblade knife to a person who possesses a currently valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card previously issued in his or her name by the Department of State Police or to a person or an entity engaged in the business of selling or manufacturing switchblade knives. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 61–45 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tim Bivins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-24 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Tim Bivins filing
• 2017-01-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-24 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
• 2017-03-01 Do Pass Criminal Law; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2017
• 2017-03-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2017
• 2017-04-05 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-05 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-04-05 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Brian W. Stewart
• 2017-04-05 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-05 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-11 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
• 2017-05-18 Motion - Move to Previous Question Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
• 2017-05-18 Motion Prevailed
• 2017-05-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 061-045-002 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2017
• 2017-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0082 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8aea5c6f-5130-45f1-a153-2377cdddae59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).