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Bill	CRIM PRO-PRIOR STATEMENTS	Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that prior statements of a witness who refuses to testify despite a court order to testify and of a deceased witness are admissible only if the prior statements were under oath and subject to cross-examination by the adverse party at the prior trial, hearing, or other proceeding. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	94th	SB 78	Illinois SB 78 (94th)	bill		enacted		3	30	2	2005-01-26	2005-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/0c982b6c-e81b-415b-a91f-4d406ff5b98c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=78&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=14713&SessionID=50&GA=94	07672d17ca69d9faf1e54bb698b905b5379e8b24bfb774bfb336da05c2bb56d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 78 (94th) — CRIM PRO-PRIOR STATEMENTS

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that prior statements of a witness who refuses to testify despite a court order to testify and of a deceased witness are admissible only if the prior statements were under oath and subject to cross-examination by the adverse party at the prior trial, hearing, or other proceeding. 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 — 113–2 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William R. Haine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2005-01-26 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine filing
• 2005-01-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-01-26 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2005-02-03 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2005-02-16 Do Pass Judiciary; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-02-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 17, 2005
• 2005-02-17 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Edward D. Maloney
• 2005-02-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2005-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 1, 2005
• 2005-03-02 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-03-02 Arrived in House introduction
• 2005-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-03 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2005-03-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
• 2005-03-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2005-03-03 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2005-03-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2005-03-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-05 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2005-04-28 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2005-04-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-03 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2005-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2005-05-04 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
• 2005-05-04 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-002-000 reading-3, passage
• 2005-05-04 Passed Both Houses
• 2005-06-02 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2005-06-17 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2005-06-17 Effective Date June 17, 2005
• 2005-06-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0053 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c982b6c-e81b-415b-a91f-4d406ff5b98c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).