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| Bill | CRIM CD-BAD CHECK DIVERSION | Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a State's Attorney may create within his or her office a bad check diversion program for offenders who agree to voluntarily participate in the program instead of undergoing prosecution. Provides that the program may be conducted by the State's Attorney or by a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney. Provides that the bad check diversion program may require an offender to: (1) pay for, at his or her own expense, and successfully complete an educational class held by the State's Attorney or a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney; (2) make full restitution for the offense; (3) pay a per-check administrative fee. Provides that the State's Attorney, or private entity under contract with the State's Attorney, may recover, in addition to the face amount of the dishonored check or draft, a transaction fee to defray the costs and expenses incurred by a victim who received a dishonored check that was made or delivered by the offender. Provides that the transaction fee shall be paid to the victim as restitution for the offense. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 93rd | SB 211 | Illinois SB 211 (93rd) |
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enacted | 3 | 48 | 2 | 2003-02-05 | 2003-07-29 | openstates | ocd-bill/b0d02639-8f20-4256-bffc-55040b14a04a | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=211&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=1799&SessionID=3&GA=93 | 3c693eee3e0fb600b85e61f7921936639b690df26e413f59e0b97685d106e4c0 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 211 (93rd) — CRIM CD-BAD CHECK DIVERSION
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a State's Attorney may create within his or her office a bad check diversion program for offenders who agree to voluntarily participate in the program instead of undergoing prosecution. Provides that the program may be conducted by the State's Attorney or by a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney. Provides that the bad check diversion program may require an offender to: (1) pay for, at his or her own expense, and successfully complete an educational class held by the State's Attorney or a private entity under contract with the State's Attorney; (2) make full restitution for the offense; (3) pay a per-check administrative fee. Provides that the State's Attorney, or private entity under contract with the State's Attorney, may recover, in addition to the face amount of the dishonored check or draft, a transaction fee to defray the costs and expenses incurred by a victim who received a dishonored check that was made or delivered by the offender. Provides that the transaction fee shall be paid to the victim as restitution for the offense. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- James F. Clayborne, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2003-02-05 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
filing - 2003-02-05 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-02-05 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-02-06 Assigned to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2003-02-19 Postponed - Judiciary
- 2003-02-27 Postponed - Judiciary
- 2003-03-05 Postponed - Judiciary
- 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
amendment-introduction - 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- 2003-03-11 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Judiciary
amendment-failure - 2003-03-13 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 18, 2003
- 2003-03-18 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2003-03-18 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- 2003-03-18 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Terry Link
- 2003-03-18 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
- 2003-03-18 Sponsor Removed Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2003-03-18 Sponsor Removed Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- 2003-03-18 Sponsor Removed Sen. Terry Link
- 2003-03-18 Sponsor Removed Sen. John J. Cullerton
- 2003-03-21 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2003-03-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2003
- 2003-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
amendment-introduction - 2003-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-03-24 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary
- 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Judiciary; 010-000-000
- 2003-03-25 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2003-03-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Clayborne
amendment-passage - 2003-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 26, 2003
- 2003-03-26 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2003-03-26 Arrived in House
introduction - 2003-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-03-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- 2003-03-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-03-26 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-03-31 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2003-04-10 Do Pass / Standard Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-04-10 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate
- 2003-04-14 Second Reading - Standard Debate
reading-2 - 2003-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
- 2003-05-06 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
- 2003-05-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-001
reading-3, passage - 2003-05-07 Passed Both Houses
- 2003-06-05 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2003-07-29 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2003-07-29 Effective Date July 29, 2003
- 2003-07-29 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0394
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0d02639-8f20-4256-bffc-55040b14a04a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).