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| Bill | CRIME VICTIMS COMP-LEAVE SCENE | Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Includes in the definition of "crime of violence" leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving death or personal injury if the victim was a pedestrian or was operating a vehicle moved solely by human power or a mobility device at the time of contact. Provides that the death of a felon who is serving a term of parole, probation, or mandatory supervised release shall be considered a discharge from that sentence (making the felon eligible to be a victim under the Act). Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 2245 | Illinois HB 2245 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 32 | 2 | 2009-02-17 | 2009-08-11 | openstates | ocd-bill/9a6e0498-dd1a-4fea-81d2-92735f255fe1 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2245&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44073&SessionID=76&GA=96 | e66e1c6ed0294eb11f135e4d916111f573b5f2e285c57f6508d3d9fc73cea9a3 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2245 (96th) — CRIME VICTIMS COMP-LEAVE SCENE
Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Includes in the definition of "crime of violence" leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving death or personal injury if the victim was a pedestrian or was operating a vehicle moved solely by human power or a mobility device at the time of contact. Provides that the death of a felon who is serving a term of parole, probation, or mandatory supervised release shall be considered a discharge from that sentence (making the felon eligible to be a victim under the Act). Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 116–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Barbara Flynn Currie — primary (person)
- Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2009-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
filing - 2009-02-18 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-02-18 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-23 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2009-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- 2009-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
amendment-introduction - 2009-03-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2009-03-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2009-03-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis
- 2009-03-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
- 2009-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2009-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2009-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-03-19 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2009-03-19 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. James T. Meeks
- 2009-03-19 First Reading
reading-1 - 2009-03-19 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2009-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2009-04-30 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-002
committee-passage - 2009-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2009
- 2009-04-30 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland
- 2009-05-12 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2009-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2009
- 2009-05-13 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- 2009-05-14 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2009-05-14 Passed Both Houses
- 2009-06-12 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2009-08-11 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2009-08-11 Effective Date August 11, 2009
- 2009-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0267
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a6e0498-dd1a-4fea-81d2-92735f255fe1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).