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Bill	VEH CD-AGG DUI-CAUSING DEATH	Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, if a defendant is convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds because his or her DUI violation was the cause of the death of one or more persons, the defendant shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment, unless the court determines that extraordinary circumstances exist and require probation.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 1495	Illinois SB 1495 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2005-02-23	2005-08-16	openstates	ocd-bill/01a419bf-ee93-4434-812a-234cb4f044be	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1495&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=19545&SessionID=50&GA=94	b188cf6c23b8a0afbcbd3393210a666a656e2bfb8b02b2d3b8f7c8c2d020c712	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1495 (94th) — VEH CD-AGG DUI-CAUSING DEATH

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, if a defendant is convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or intoxicating compounds because his or her DUI violation was the cause of the death of one or more persons, the defendant shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment, unless the court determines that extraordinary circumstances exist and require probation.

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 — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Careen M Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel V. Beiser — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• John E. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
• Kirk W. Dillard — primary (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-02-23 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kirk W. Dillard filing
• 2005-02-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-02-23 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2005-03-02 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2005-03-09 Postponed - Judiciary
• 2005-03-16 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2005
• 2005-04-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 14, 2005
• 2005-04-15 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
• 2005-04-15 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-04-15 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-15 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2005-04-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-04-15 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-27 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2005-05-05 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Chapin Rose amendment-introduction
• 2005-05-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-05-12 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
• 2005-05-12 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2005-05-12 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2005-05-19 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-001 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-20 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2005-05-23 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2005-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-08-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-08-16 Effective Date January 1, 2006
• 2005-08-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0609 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01a419bf-ee93-4434-812a-234cb4f044be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).