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Bill	CRIME VIC YEAR POST INDICT	Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Provides an alternative time for filing a claim: that a crime victim may file a claim within one year after the criminal indictment of a person for a crime upon which the claim is based (now, within 2 years of the crime).	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	95th	SB 31	Illinois SB 31 (95th)	bill		enacted		3	36	2	2007-01-31	2007-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/f829451c-74a5-430a-8938-98a7e0b1318e	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=31&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27242&SessionID=51&GA=95	83aa8164eba6291bf5df5f3ee8474aa6bfc12a990ae4c61ded715a093b44c511	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 31 (95th) — CRIME VIC YEAR POST INDICT

Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Provides an alternative time for filing a claim: that a crime victim may file a claim within one year after the criminal indictment of a person for a crime upon which the claim is based (now, within 2 years of the crime).

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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bob Biggins — cosponsor (person)
• Careen M Gordon — cosponsor (person)
• Ed Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jack D. Franks — cosponsor (person)
• John J. Millner — primary (person)
• Linda Chapa LaVia — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Patricia R. Bellock — cosponsor (person)
• William B. Black — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-01-31 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Millner 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
• 2007-02-21 Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-02-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 22, 2007
• 2007-02-22 Second Reading reading-2
• 2007-02-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2007
• 2007-02-23 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2007-02-23 Arrived in House introduction
• 2007-02-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Franco Coladipietro
• 2007-02-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2007-02-28 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2007-03-01 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
• 2007-04-30 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2007-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 013-000-000 committee-passage
• 2007-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-17 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
• 2007-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2007-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
• 2007-05-22 Alternate Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ed Sullivan, Jr.
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark H. Beaubien, Jr.
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins
• 2007-05-22 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2007-05-22 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 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 . . . . . . . . . 95-0250 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f829451c-74a5-430a-8938-98a7e0b1318e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).