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Bill	CRIM CD-BAD CHECK DIVERSION	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the fee collected from an offender diverted to the State's Attorney's bad check diversion program may be used in the enforcement and prosecution of criminal laws.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 239	Illinois HB 239 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	25	2	2007-01-10	2007-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/9c02ff24-ea1b-4dd4-80b3-6c44de131009	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=239&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26968&SessionID=51&GA=95	f63d8ae0cf2171b2e19b8221944af8d0f85751011ccdf0237f2a15805d4aff61	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 239 (95th) — CRIM CD-BAD CHECK DIVERSION

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the fee collected from an offender diverted to the State's Attorney's bad check diversion program may be used in the enforcement and prosecution of criminal laws.

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 — 116–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Timothy L. Schmitz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-10 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz filing
• 2007-01-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-01-19 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-01-31 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-02-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-02-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 23, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-03-08 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
• 2007-03-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-13 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-30 Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2007-04-19 Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
• 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
• 2007-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-15 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-06-13 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-10 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-10 Effective Date January 1, 2008
• 2007-08-10 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0041 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c02ff24-ea1b-4dd4-80b3-6c44de131009. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).