republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/104th/hb-2546.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CD CORR-PAROLE REVIEW"
description: "Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In the provision concerning parole review of persons under the age of 21 at the time of the commission of an offense, provides that any date after serving the minimum term of years to become eligible for parole review or up to 3 years prior to becoming eligible for parole review, the eligible person may file his or her petition for parole review with the Prisoner Review Board. Provides that within 30 days of receipt of this petition, the Prisoner Review Board shall determine whether the petition is appropriately filed, and if so, shall set a date for parole review 3 years from receipt of the petition or the date the person is eligible for parole review, whichever date is sooner, and notify the Department of Corrections within 10 business days. Provides that in no such circumstance shall the hearing be scheduled sooner than one year from the date of the determination that the petition is appropriately filed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "104th"
identifier: "HB 2546"
citation: "Illinois HB 2546 (104th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Javier L. Cervantes", "Will Guzzardi"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80cffa76-0faa-432d-9f01-27c0fa9587a3"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2546&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=160393&SessionID=114"
source_hash: "49b19ed43128b12a368cf47575c89c8afc3031c727be4abf7ccc6cf053d7c8aa"
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 2546 (104th) — CD CORR-PAROLE REVIEW

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. In the provision concerning parole review of persons under the age of 21 at the time of the commission of an offense, provides that any date after serving the minimum term of years to become eligible for parole review or up to 3 years prior to becoming eligible for parole review, the eligible person may file his or her petition for parole review with the Prisoner Review Board. Provides that within 30 days of receipt of this petition, the Prisoner Review Board shall determine whether the petition is appropriately filed, and if so, shall set a date for parole review 3 years from receipt of the petition or the date the person is eligible for parole review, whichever date is sooner, and notify the Department of Corrections within 10 business days. Provides that in no such circumstance shall the hearing be scheduled sooner than one year from the date of the determination that the petition is appropriately filed.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2546.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2546eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/documents/legislation/104/HB/PDF/10400HB2546enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Criminal Law — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **74–40** (pass) · lower
- Restorative Justice & Public Safety — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Javier L. Cervantes — primary (person)
- Will Guzzardi — primary (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Graciela Guzmán — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Ventura — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Peters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi `filing`
- **2025-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Rules Committee
- **2025-03-04** Assigned to Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2025-03-13** Do Pass / Short Debate Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee; 007-003-000
- **2025-03-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2025-04-07** Placed on Calendar - Consideration Postponed
- **2025-04-08** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 074-040-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
- **2025-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Assignments
- **2025-04-23** Assigned to Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Do Pass Criminal Law; 006-003-000
- **2025-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 8, 2025 `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2025
- **2025-05-12** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Graciela Guzmán
- **2025-05-13** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
- **2025-05-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading - Passed; 033-021-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed Both Houses
- **2025-06-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-15** Effective Date January 1, 2026
- **2025-08-15** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0233 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80cffa76-0faa-432d-9f01-27c0fa9587a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).