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| Bill | CRIM-ASSAULT, BATTERY-SECURITY | Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that an assault, battery, aggravated battery with a firearm, or aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm committed against a private security officer engaged in the execution of his or her official duties, or to prevent the officer from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or her official duties, constitutes aggravated assault, aggravated battery, aggravated battery with a firearm, or aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm with the same penalties as if the offense had been committed against a peace officer. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | HB 251 | Illinois HB 251 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2007-01-11 | 2007-08-17 | openstates | ocd-bill/85ace511-d916-4fd0-b657-dbd6889ccdd7 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=251&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=26988&SessionID=51&GA=95 | 53f58d093f663c4ad815ca5b918c03517d5f778a14db4ec1886bcc647f32fa05 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 251 (95th) — CRIM-ASSAULT, BATTERY-SECURITY
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that an assault, battery, aggravated battery with a firearm, or aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm committed against a private security officer engaged in the execution of his or her official duties, or to prevent the officer from performing his or her official duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing his or her official duties, constitutes aggravated assault, aggravated battery, aggravated battery with a firearm, or aggravated battery with a machine gun or a firearm equipped with any device or attachment designed or used for silencing the report of a firearm with the same penalties as if the offense had been committed against a peace officer.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 54–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jack D. Franks — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-01-11 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jack D. Franks
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 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon
- 2007-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-03-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-03-20 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2007-03-20 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 21, 2007
reading-1 - 2007-03-20 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- 2007-03-20 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-03-20 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-30 Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2007-04-19 Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-04-19 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2007
- 2007-05-15 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2007
- 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Passed; 054-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-05-22 Passed Both Houses
- 2007-06-20 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2007-08-17 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2007-08-17 Effective Date January 1, 2008
- 2007-08-17 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0236
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85ace511-d916-4fd0-b657-dbd6889ccdd7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).