republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/100th/sb-639.md

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Bill	CRIM CD-DRUG INDUCED HOMICIDE	Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Allows a drug-induced homicide prosecution when a person violates the law of another jurisdiction, which, if the violation had been committed in this State, could be charged under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act for unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and any person's death is caused in this State by the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance. Provides that the bill may be referred to as the Evan Rushing Law.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 639	Illinois SB 639 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2017-01-25	2017-08-25	openstates	ocd-bill/bbeaacee-cbf5-4e68-ab7e-c3321173343c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=639&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=100866&SessionID=91&GA=100	3d6235294e6d527f32623bed0c539eee46bfbc92cbe653d919d99318fd2206ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 639 (100th) — CRIM CD-DRUG INDUCED HOMICIDE

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Allows a drug-induced homicide prosecution when a person violates the law of another jurisdiction, which, if the violation had been committed in this State, could be charged under the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act for unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and any person's death is caused in this State by the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance. Provides that the bill may be referred to as the Evan Rushing Law.

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 — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 105–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
• Nick Sauer — cosponsor (person)
• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-25 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2017-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-03-01 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-002 committee-passage
• 2017-03-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 2, 2017
• 2017-04-28 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017 reading-3
• 2017-05-11 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
• 2017-05-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2017
• 2017-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-18 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-05-18 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
• 2017-05-18 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-22 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-22 Motion Filed to Suspend Rule 21 Judiciary - Criminal Committee; Rep. Lou Lang
• 2017-05-22 Motion Prevailed
• 2017-05-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-25 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-25 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-26 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2017
• 2017-05-31 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-31 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 105-002-005 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-31 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David McSweeney
• 2017-05-31 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
• 2017-05-31 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nick Sauer
• 2017-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-25 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-25 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-25 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0404 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbeaacee-cbf5-4e68-ab7e-c3321173343c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).