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Bill	CRIM CD-ID THEFT VENUE	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who commits the offense of identity theft or aggravated identity theft may tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) the offense occurred; (2) the information used to commit the offense was illegally used; or (3) the victim resides. Provides that if a person is charged with more than one violation of identity theft or aggravated identity theft and those violations may be tried in more than one county, any of those counties is a proper venue for all of the violations.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 2700	Illinois HB 2700 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2005-02-22	2005-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/969135a8-76be-421e-ae20-f345b7f265f7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2700&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18713&SessionID=50&GA=94	462f03c32401d669c76f097d78bc4693b89f08f7fd71bb77596dd6aa535b2648	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2700 (94th) — CRIM CD-ID THEFT VENUE

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person who commits the offense of identity theft or aggravated identity theft may tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) the offense occurred; (2) the information used to commit the offense was illegally used; or (3) the victim resides. Provides that if a person is charged with more than one violation of identity theft or aggravated identity theft and those violations may be tried in more than one county, any of those counties is a proper venue for all of the violations.

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 — 113–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sandra M. Pihos — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-22 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Ruth Munson filing
• 2005-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-22 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-24 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2005-02-24 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ruth Munson
• 2005-03-01 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carolyn H. Krause
• 2005-03-03 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-05 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-04-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2005-04-07 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
• 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Reid Lindner
• 2005-04-07 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-08 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-04-08 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 11, 2005 reading-1
• 2005-04-12 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
• 2005-04-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-13 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-21 Assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass Executive; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2005
• 2005-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-16 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-14 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-06-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-06-17 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-06-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0051 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/969135a8-76be-421e-ae20-f345b7f265f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).