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Bill	CRIM CD-THEFT-EMERG EXIT	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of theft by emergency exit. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she commits a retail theft and to facilitate the theft he or she leaves the retail mercantile establishment by use of a designated emergency exit. Establishes penalties. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	HB 816	Illinois HB 816 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	29	2	2005-02-02	2005-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/c8ecae1d-5a72-40ad-8881-148d07e2ce33	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=816&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=15406&SessionID=50&GA=94	899dee931cc63c960bca1f06e3e25db3bdbc0b1a527dada92bb3ab8114f93bcc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 816 (94th) — CRIM CD-THEFT-EMERG EXIT

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of theft by emergency exit. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she commits a retail theft and to facilitate the theft he or she leaves the retail mercantile establishment by use of a designated emergency exit. Establishes penalties. 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 81–31 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Daniel V. Beiser — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-02 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser filing
• 2005-02-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-02 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-03 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-02-08 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-02-18 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 011-004-000 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
• 2005-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Stephens
• 2005-03-08 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 081-031-005 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-09 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2005-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-09 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2005-03-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-09 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-04-13 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2005-04-19 Correctional Note Filed from the Illinois Department of Corrections.
• 2005-04-20 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass Judiciary; 006-000-000 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
• 2005-05-18 Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-18 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-04 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-04 Effective Date August 4, 2005
• 2005-08-04 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0449 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8ecae1d-5a72-40ad-8881-148d07e2ce33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).