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Bill	CRIM CD-TERRORISM-FOOD& WATER	Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 1961. Defines "endangering the food supply" and "endangering the water supply". Provides that endangering the food supply or endangering the water supply constitutes an act of terrorism. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 53	Illinois HB 53 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2005-01-03	2005-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/ea5787ad-2fdc-46fc-960d-80d14be3ddc2	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=53&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14187&SessionID=50&GA=94	3b8dc409a90e3d319ad281ea532e23802388ad9369d38819a137778c83aec967	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 53 (94th) — CRIM CD-TERRORISM-FOOD& WATER

Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 1961. Defines "endangering the food supply" and "endangering the water supply". Provides that endangering the food supply or endangering the water supply constitutes an act of terrorism. Effective immediately.

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patricia R. Bellock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-03 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock filing
• 2005-01-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-01-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2005-01-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eileen Lyons
• 2005-01-13 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-01-26 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-02 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2005-02-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee amendment-introduction
• 2005-02-10 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2005-02-10 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
• 2005-02-10 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
• 2005-02-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-02-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Randall M. Hultgren
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Shane Cultra
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger Jenisch
• 2005-02-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2005-02-24 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-24 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2005-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-24 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2005-04-20 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 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
• 2005-05-17 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-17 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-15 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-06-22 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-06-22 Effective Date June 22, 2005
• 2005-06-22 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0068 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea5787ad-2fdc-46fc-960d-80d14be3ddc2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).