republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/96th/hb-4066.md

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Bill	CRIM CD-INMATES COMMUNICATIONS	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides for enhanced penalties if the defendant at the time of the commission of the offense is a pre-trial detainee at a penal institution or is serving a sentence at a penal institution and obtains or uses a communication service without the authorization of, or compensation paid to, the communication service provider, or assists or instructs any other person in doing so with intent to defraud the communication service provider.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 4066	Illinois HB 4066 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2009-02-27	2009-08-14	openstates	ocd-bill/161bae19-0528-45a3-ab9e-965a10a2e0ea	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4066&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=46914&SessionID=76&GA=96	b38d0d9833d8c87592daedb9740d66ce075854b93e796303f346bf1ea97b728c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 4066 (96th) — CRIM CD-INMATES COMMUNICATIONS

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides for enhanced penalties if the defendant at the time of the commission of the offense is a pre-trial detainee at a penal institution or is serving a sentence at a penal institution and obtains or uses a communication service without the authorization of, or compensation paid to, the communication service provider, or assists or instructs any other person in doing so with intent to defraud the communication service provider.

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 — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Paul D. Froehlich — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich filing
• 2009-02-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-04 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee referral-committee
• 2009-03-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-23 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-23 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-03-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-24 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-25 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-25 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 26, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-25 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
• 2009-03-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Do Pass Criminal Law; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2009
• 2009-05-13 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2009
• 2009-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2009-06-17 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2009-08-14 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2009-08-14 Effective Date January 1, 2010
• 2009-08-14 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0497 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/161bae19-0528-45a3-ab9e-965a10a2e0ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).