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Bill	PARENTAL DETENTION	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that at the initial bail hearing or any subsequent hearing, the defendant shall be released on recognizance if the judge finds that the defendant's pre-trial detention will harm any infant or child in the defendant's custody at the time of arrest, unless the harm is outweighed by a clear and serious risk of harm to a victim or the community. Provides circumstances that the court shall consider in favor of release. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the defendant is the parent of a child or infant whose well-being will be affected by the parent's absence shall be accorded weight in favor of withholding or minimizing a sentence of imprisonment. Provides circumstances to be considered in assessing this factor in mitigation. Makes other changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	101st	HB 2444	Illinois HB 2444 (101st)	bill		enacted		3	48	2	2019-02-13	2019-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/ccd4ef20-1ab9-4ab7-9557-fcd9d6ea2a73	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2444&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=118452&SessionID=108&GA=101	66dc33e3c2f6fc7420bdc4dc3f466578acc0df0add73ccae99e46471a5f284bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2444 (101st) — PARENTAL DETENTION

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that at the initial bail hearing or any subsequent hearing, the defendant shall be released on recognizance if the judge finds that the defendant's pre-trial detention will harm any infant or child in the defendant's custody at the time of arrest, unless the harm is outweighed by a clear and serious risk of harm to a victim or the community. Provides circumstances that the court shall consider in favor of release. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the defendant is the parent of a child or infant whose well-being will be affected by the parent's absence shall be accorded weight in favor of withholding or minimizing a sentence of imprisonment. Provides circumstances to be considered in assessing this factor in mitigation. Makes other changes.

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 — 82–28 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 37–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Anne Stava-Murray — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
• Delia C. Ramirez — cosponsor (person)
• Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
• Heather A. Steans — cosponsor (person)
• Iris Y. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Jacqueline Y. Collins — primary (person)
• Kelly M. Cassidy — primary (person)
• Laura Ellman — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Holmes — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
• Ram Villivalam — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Feigenholtz — cosponsor (person)
• Sonya M. Harper — cosponsor (person)
• Will Guzzardi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy filing
• 2019-02-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2019-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
• 2019-03-14 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
• 2019-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-14 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
• 2019-03-19 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2019-03-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
• 2019-03-19 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2019-03-19 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary - Criminal Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2019-03-19 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 019-000-000 committee-passage
• 2019-03-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-03-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2019-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2019-04-03 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-028-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-04-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2019-04-03 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2019-04-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-04-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
• 2019-04-24 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2019-05-02 Postponed - Criminal Law
• 2019-05-07 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
• 2019-05-08 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-003-000 committee-passage
• 2019-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2019
• 2019-05-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Ellman
• 2019-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
• 2019-05-16 Second Reading reading-2
• 2019-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2019
• 2019-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam
• 2019-05-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2019-05-22 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
• 2019-05-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
• 2019-05-23 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham
• 2019-05-24 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2019 reading-3
• 2019-05-29 Third Reading - Passed; 037-015-000 reading-3, passage
• 2019-05-29 Passed Both Houses
• 2019-06-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-08-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2019-08-23 Effective Date January 1, 2020
• 2019-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0471 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccd4ef20-1ab9-4ab7-9557-fcd9d6ea2a73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).