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| Bill | CRIM PRO-MARITAL PRIVILEGE | Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Permits a husband or wife to testify as to any communication or admission made by either of them to the other or as to any conversation between them during marriage when either is charged with or under investigation for (rather than just charged with) criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse and the victim is a minor under 18 years of age in either spouse's care, custody, or control at the time of the offense. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 96th | HB 5666 | Illinois HB 5666 (96th) |
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enacted | 3 | 27 | 2 | 2010-02-08 | 2010-07-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/74ea10ba-8dfc-4d71-a229-ab6938309465 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5666&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50839&SessionID=76&GA=96 | f4d2fe0a11bbe326ffe43a9f537ad573319f2952bacdb840560e3262c3ba6a5c | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 5666 (96th) — CRIM PRO-MARITAL PRIVILEGE
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Permits a husband or wife to testify as to any communication or admission made by either of them to the other or as to any conversation between them during marriage when either is charged with or under investigation for (rather than just charged with) criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse and the victim is a minor under 18 years of age in either spouse's care, custody, or control at the time of the offense. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 102–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Careen M. Gordon — primary (person)
- Toi W. Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2010-02-08 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Careen M. Gordon
filing - 2010-02-09 First Reading
reading-1 - 2010-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2010-02-22 Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
referral-committee - 2010-03-04 Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee; 007-000-000
committee-passage - 2010-03-04 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2010-03-11 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2010-03-12 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 102-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2010-03-12 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2010-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 15, 2010
reading-1 - 2010-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
- 2010-03-17 First Reading
reading-1 - 2010-03-17 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2010-04-06 Assigned to Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2010-04-14 Held in Criminal Law
- 2010-04-22 Do Pass Criminal Law; 008-000-000
committee-passage - 2010-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 23, 2010
- 2010-04-23 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2010-04-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 27, 2010
- 2010-04-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson
- 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
- 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2010-07-23 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2010-07-23 Effective Date July 23, 2010
- 2010-07-23 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1242
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74ea10ba-8dfc-4d71-a229-ab6938309465. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).