republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-245.md

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Bill	SEXUALLY DANGEROUS-HEARING	Amends the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act. Provides that at the hearing to determine whether a sexually dangerous person or criminal sexual psychopathic person has recovered, the Attorney General or State's Attorney who filed the original application shall represent the State and shall have the right to have the applicant examined by an expert or professional person of the State's choice. Provides that the applicant may retain experts to perform an examination as well. Provides that the sexually dangerous person or the State may elect to have the hearing before a jury. Provides that the State has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the applicant is still a sexually dangerous person. Provides that if the applicant refuses to speak to, communicate with, or otherwise fails to cooperate with the State's examiner, the applicant may only introduce evidence and testimony from any expert or professional person who is retained to conduct an examination based upon review of the records and may not introduce evidence resulting from an examination of the person. Provides that if a person has previously filed an application in writing setting forth facts showing that the sexually dangerous person or criminal sexual psychopathic person has recovered and the court determined either at a hearing or following a jury trial that the applicant is still a sexually dangerous person, no additional application may be filed for one year after a finding that the person is still sexually dangerous. Makes other changes.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 245	Illinois HB 245 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	40	2	2005-01-14	2005-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/f8db0750-9bf4-4841-a9fd-d754c9a1e67d	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=245&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14464&SessionID=50&GA=94	d867d4e0db796962981c88a3feb4e7a5f551d19adaabe37b8bb87e3345d14795	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 245 (94th) — SEXUALLY DANGEROUS-HEARING

Amends the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act. Provides that at the hearing to determine whether a sexually dangerous person or criminal sexual psychopathic person has recovered, the Attorney General or State's Attorney who filed the original application shall represent the State and shall have the right to have the applicant examined by an expert or professional person of the State's choice. Provides that the applicant may retain experts to perform an examination as well. Provides that the sexually dangerous person or the State may elect to have the hearing before a jury. Provides that the State has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the applicant is still a sexually dangerous person. Provides that if the applicant refuses to speak to, communicate with, or otherwise fails to cooperate with the State's examiner, the applicant may only introduce evidence and testimony from any expert or professional person who is retained to conduct an examination based upon review of the records and may not introduce evidence resulting from an examination of the person. Provides that if a person has previously filed an application in writing setting forth facts showing that the sexually dangerous person or criminal sexual psychopathic person has recovered and the court determined either at a hearing or following a jury trial that the applicant is still a sexually dangerous person, no additional application may be filed for one year after a finding that the person is still sexually dangerous. 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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan Brady — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-14 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady filing
• 2005-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-26 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-17 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
• 2005-02-18 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-02-18 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-02-18 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-25 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-01 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-01 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-03 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2005-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady amendment-introduction
• 2005-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-03-16 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
• 2005-03-16 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith
• 2005-03-16 Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John D'Amico
• 2005-04-05 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 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. Bill Brady
• 2005-04-11 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-11 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-04 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-04 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
• 2005-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-02 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0404 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8db0750-9bf4-4841-a9fd-d754c9a1e67d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).