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Bill	CRIM CD-RECKLESS HOMICIDE	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that in cases involving reckless homicide resulting in the death of a peace officer, the penalty is a Class 1 (rather than a Class 3) felony.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	HB 845	Illinois HB 845 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	52	3	2007-02-07	2007-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/8b3fc1e9-9cb1-4a2e-8549-8537692a31c5	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=845&GAID=9&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=28196&SessionID=51&GA=95	c900cf64fbc09dac5a8b3171fd8ff3513b90cc6cc2b3e953a37f948a67a75f78	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 845 (95th) — CRIM CD-RECKLESS HOMICIDE

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that in cases involving reckless homicide resulting in the death of a peace officer, the penalty is a Class 1 (rather than a Class 3) felony.

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 — 115–0 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 100–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daniel V. Beiser — primary (person)
• Kirk W. Dillard — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-07 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser filing
• 2007-02-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-07 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-15 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2007-02-23 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-001-000 committee-passage
• 2007-02-23 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Sacia
• 2007-02-23 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2007-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
• 2007-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
• 2007-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti
• 2007-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Chapin Rose
• 2007-02-27 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2007-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser amendment-introduction
• 2007-03-01 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-06 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-03-13 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-03-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2007-03-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-03-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-03-21 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
• 2007-03-22 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 27, 2007 reading-1
• 2007-03-22 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
• 2007-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-03-22 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-03-30 Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2007-04-19 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2007-04-19 Held in Judiciary Criminal Law
• 2007-04-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine amendment-introduction
• 2007-04-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2007-04-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
• 2007-04-24 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2007-04-25 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary Criminal Law; 006-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-04-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2007
• 2007-05-03 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2007
• 2007-05-16 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
• 2007-05-16 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-05-16 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-05-16 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
• 2007-05-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Daniel V. Beiser
• 2007-05-17 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
• 2007-05-31 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) June 8, 2007
• 2007-06-05 3/5 Vote Required
• 2007-06-05 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 100-000-000
• 2007-06-05 Passed Both Houses
• 2007-07-03 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2007-08-30 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2007-08-30 Effective Date June 1, 2008
• 2007-08-30 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0551 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b3fc1e9-9cb1-4a2e-8549-8537692a31c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).