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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SEXUALLY DANGEROUS-HEARING"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 245"
citation: "Illinois HB 245 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-14"
last_action: "2005-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8db0750-9bf4-4841-a9fd-d754c9a1e67d"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=245&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14464&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "d867d4e0db796962981c88a3feb4e7a5f551d19adaabe37b8bb87e3345d14795"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0245&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14464&DocNum=245&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0245eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14464&DocNum=245&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0245enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14464&DocNum=245&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8db0750-9bf4-4841-a9fd-d754c9a1e67d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).