republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-2389.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME VICTIMS-NOTIFICATION"
description: "Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Provides that \"legal disability\" includes posttraumatic stress disorder. Provides that, to qualify for the right to compensation for victims of specified offenses, the appropriate law enforcement officials were notified within 7 days of the perpetration of the crime allegedly causing death or injury to the victim or, if the notification was made more than 7 days after the perpetration of the crime, the applicant establishes that the notice was timely under the circumstances. Provides that, if the applicant has obtained an order of protection or a civil no contact order or has presented at a hospital for sexual assault evidence collection and medical care, the applicant's action shall constitute appropriate notification and cooperation under the Act. Requires the applicant to cooperate with law enforcement officials (instead of fully cooperate with law enforcement officials) in order to qualify for the right to compensate under the Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 2389"
citation: "Illinois HB 2389 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-16"
last_action: "2005-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a5b56a1-d8ed-4dc3-a3be-a152f3347429"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2389&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=17387&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "3f64774d652e2c84b11b3399f4e2899012e3663d9c844336ac85a9db65b4b965"
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 2389 (94th) — CRIME VICTIMS-NOTIFICATION

Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Provides that "legal disability" includes posttraumatic stress disorder. Provides that, to qualify for the right to compensation for victims of specified offenses, the appropriate law enforcement officials were notified within 7 days of the perpetration of the crime allegedly causing death or injury to the victim or, if the notification was made more than 7 days after the perpetration of the crime, the applicant establishes that the notice was timely under the circumstances. Provides that, if the applicant has obtained an order of protection or a civil no contact order or has presented at a hospital for sexual assault evidence collection and medical care, the applicant's action shall constitute appropriate notification and cooperation under the Act. Requires the applicant to cooperate with law enforcement officials (instead of fully cooperate with law enforcement officials) in order to qualify for the right to compensate under the Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2389&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17387&DocNum=2389&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2389eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17387&DocNum=2389&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2389enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17387&DocNum=2389&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Careen M Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-02-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Careen M Gordon `filing`
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-17** Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-03** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Careen M Gordon `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-08** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-09** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2005-03-10** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2005-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
- **2005-03-10** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2005-03-16** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore
- **2005-03-16** Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
- **2005-04-05** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-04-05** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-04-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 8, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Rutherford
- **2005-04-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-15** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2005-04-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-07-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-07-12** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-07-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0192 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a5b56a1-d8ed-4dc3-a3be-a152f3347429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).