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| Bill | CD CORR-MURDER ARMED FORCES | Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment when the death penalty is not imposed if the defendant is found guilty of murdering an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States if the active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States served combat duty in the most recent conflict authorized by the President of the United States and the defendant knew or should have known that the murdered individual was an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or was a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who served combat duty in the most recent conflict authorized by the President of the United States. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 95th | SB 115 | Illinois SB 115 (95th) |
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enacted | 3 | 41 | 2 | 2007-01-31 | 2007-08-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/a9062d1d-893b-4d7c-9245-4cadb101b0e5 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=115&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27334&SessionID=51&GA=95 | b168faf384fb666c4747a2e596897b61371328a3c0faa77de552029c32664c4f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 115 (95th) — CD CORR-MURDER ARMED FORCES
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment when the death penalty is not imposed if the defendant is found guilty of murdering an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States if the active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States served combat duty in the most recent conflict authorized by the President of the United States and the defendant knew or should have known that the murdered individual was an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or was a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who served combat duty in the most recent conflict authorized by the President of the United States. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — primary (person)
- Richard T. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2007-01-31 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
filing - 2007-01-31 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-01-31 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-02-07 Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2007-02-28 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- 2007-03-01 Held in Judiciary Criminal Law
- 2007-03-07 Postponed - Judiciary Criminal Law
- 2007-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
- 2007-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2007-03-14 Do Pass as Amended Judiciary Criminal Law; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- 2007-03-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
amendment-introduction - 2007-03-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2007-03-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary Criminal Law
- 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Judiciary Criminal Law; 009-000-000
- 2007-03-22 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2007-03-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Collins
amendment-passage - 2007-03-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 27, 2007
- 2007-03-30 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2007
reading-3 - 2007-05-01 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2007-05-01 Arrived in House
introduction - 2007-05-01 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-05-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
- 2007-05-10 First Reading
reading-1 - 2007-05-10 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-14 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2007-05-15 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
- 2007-05-18 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 25, 2007
- 2007-05-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 012-000-000
committee-passage - 2007-05-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-25 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2007-05-25 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2007-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-005
reading-3, passage - 2007-05-28 Passed Both Houses
- 2007-05-28 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Richard T. Bradley
- 2007-06-26 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2007-08-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2007-08-23 Effective Date January 1, 2008
- 2007-08-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 95-0362
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9062d1d-893b-4d7c-9245-4cadb101b0e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).