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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIM PRO-JOINDER"
description: "Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that 2 or more acts or transactions involving public assistance fraud, theft, retail theft, library theft, unlawful sale of household appliances, and certain other deceptive practices may be charged as a single offense in a single count of the same indictment, information, or complaint, if such acts or transactions by one or more defendants are in furtherance of a single intention and design or (rather than and) if the property, labor, or services obtained are of the same person or are of several persons having a common interest in such property, labor, or services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "95th"
identifier: "SB 711"
citation: "Illinois SB 711 (95th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2007-02-08"
last_action: "2007-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4b31ca2-e0d0-409a-9802-c8f100cd9258"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=711&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=28597&SessionID=51&GA=95"
source_hash: "2a73332eae6de27b62a8506bc42c887dfe4b72c401fbb15926a1e331ffb2ffae"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---
# Illinois SB 711 (95th) — CRIM PRO-JOINDER
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that 2 or more acts or transactions involving public assistance fraud, theft, retail theft, library theft, unlawful sale of household appliances, and certain other deceptive practices may be charged as a single offense in a single count of the same indictment, information, or complaint, if such acts or transactions by one or more defendants are in furtherance of a single intention and design or (rather than and) if the property, labor, or services obtained are of the same person or are of several persons having a common interest in such property, labor, or services.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0711&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28597&DocNum=711&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0711eng&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28597&DocNum=711&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB0711enr&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=28597&DocNum=711&GAID=9&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1160** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Randall M. Hultgren — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2007-02-08** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Randall M. Hultgren `filing`
- **2007-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-02-08** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2007-02-21** Assigned to Judiciary Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-07** Postponed - Judiciary Criminal Law
- **2007-03-14** Do Pass Judiciary Criminal Law; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2007-03-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 15, 2007
- **2007-03-20** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2007-03-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 21, 2007
- **2007-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-03-30** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2007-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2007-05-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2007-05-01** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** 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
- **2007-05-24** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2007-05-29** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2007-05-29** Passed Both Houses
- **2007-06-27** 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 . . . . . . . . . 95-0384 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4b31ca2-e0d0-409a-9802-c8f100cd9258`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).