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Bill	CRIM CD-UNLAWFUL USE WEAPONS	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires a mandatory sentence of imprisonment for certain violations of the statutes concerning unlawful use of weapons, the unlawful use or possession of weapons by felons, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Provides that a period of probation, periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge may not be imposed for these violations.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 524	Illinois HB 524 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	59	2	2005-01-27	2005-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/01607020-994a-4187-9586-7cf269acfb05	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=524&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14895&SessionID=50&GA=94	7aa0160f37002fb32a491a5a62e400fb57d6795d15530c725673288d985c1519	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 524 (94th) — CRIM CD-UNLAWFUL USE WEAPONS

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires a mandatory sentence of imprisonment for certain violations of the statutes concerning unlawful use of weapons, the unlawful use or possession of weapons by felons, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Provides that a period of probation, periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge may not be imposed for these 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 — 59–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 113–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
• Deborah L. Graham — primary (person)
• Edward D. Maloney — cosponsor (person)
• Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Deborah L. Graham filing
• 2005-01-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-02 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
• 2005-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
• 2005-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John J. Millner
• 2005-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson
• 2005-03-02 Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black
• 2005-03-02 Correctional Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black
• 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
• 2005-03-09 Correctional Note Filed
• 2005-03-09 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2005-03-15 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Edward J. Acevedo
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John A. Fritchey
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2005-03-16 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
• 2005-03-16 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-17 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2005-03-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-17 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-06 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Do Pass Judiciary; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
• 2005-05-05 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2005
• 2005-05-11 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2005-05-11 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2005-05-11 Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-11 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-29 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
• 2005-05-30 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2005-06-09 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-06-23 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-06-23 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-06-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0072 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01607020-994a-4187-9586-7cf269acfb05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).