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type: "Bill"
title: "CRIME VICTIMS COMP-LEAVE SCENE"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 2245"
citation: "Illinois HB 2245 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a6e0498-dd1a-4fea-81d2-92735f255fe1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2245&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44073&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "e66e1c6ed0294eb11f135e4d916111f573b5f2e285c57f6508d3d9fc73cea9a3"
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 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.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2245&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44073&DocNum=2245&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2245eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44073&DocNum=2245&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2245enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44073&DocNum=2245&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1160** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a6e0498-dd1a-4fea-81d2-92735f255fe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).