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Bill	GANG CRIME WITNESS-SUNSET	Amends the Gang Crime Witness Protection Act. Extends the repeal date of the Act from July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2012. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 538	Illinois HB 538 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	51	3	2003-01-30	2003-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/da2f9312-7f19-4e57-b9ae-faf1a48ad2b2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=538&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=975&SessionID=3&GA=93	83201b548e1e55ed110ef81608c851adad11b9397dcbb3e78126b9501b0715d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 538 (93rd) — GANG CRIME WITNESS-SUNSET

Amends the Gang Crime Witness Protection Act. Extends the repeal date of the Act from July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2012. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurrence, Amendment 1 — 114–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward J. Acevedo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-30 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Edward J. Acevedo filing
• 2003-01-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-30 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-04 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2003-02-21 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 amendment-passage
• 2003-02-21 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-21 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-26 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-28 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2003-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-03-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Delgado
• 2003-03-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2003-03-18 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
• 2003-03-18 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-18 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 19, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2003-03-21 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-21 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-04-10 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2003-05-01 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2003
• 2003-05-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-01 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 7, 2003
• 2003-05-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2003-05-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-05-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2003-05-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
• 2003-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 010-000-000
• 2003-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2003-05-08 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-05-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Cullerton amendment-passage
• 2003-05-08 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 9, 2003
• 2003-05-09 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-09 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2003-05-09 Arrived in House introduction
• 2003-05-09 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2003-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Edward J. Acevedo; Motion #1
• 2003-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-05-20 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
• 2003-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
• 2003-05-27 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 114-001-000
• 2003-05-27 House Concurs in SA 1
• 2003-05-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-22 Effective Date July 22, 2003
• 2003-07-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0257 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da2f9312-7f19-4e57-b9ae-faf1a48ad2b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).