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Bill	CRIM CD-AGG ID THEFT	Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Enhances the penalties for aggravated identity theft. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 597	Illinois HB 597 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	31	2	2009-02-05	2009-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/20ce154b-0454-4075-992b-cadda5199de9	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=597&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=41358&SessionID=76&GA=96	051c647475389cb0ef94d5a6178376868885f0ea5793e5b332ec94200322dfe0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 597 (96th) — CRIM CD-AGG ID THEFT

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Enhances the penalties for aggravated identity theft. Effective immediately.

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 — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Brady — cosponsor (person)
• Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-05 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz filing
• 2009-02-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-02-06 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-11 Assigned to Computer Technology Committee referral-committee
• 2009-02-20 Do Pass / Short Debate Computer Technology Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2009-02-20 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-02-24 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2009-02-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2009-03-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
• 2009-03-11 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2009-03-11 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-03-12 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2009-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 17, 2009 reading-1
• 2009-03-27 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2009-03-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
• 2009-03-30 First Reading reading-1
• 2009-03-30 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Assigned to Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Dan Kotowski
• 2009-04-30 To Criminal Law Subcommittee on Enhancements and Redundancy
• 2009-05-07 Do Pass Criminal Law; 007-000-001 committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 12, 2009
• 2009-05-14 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Brady
• 2009-05-14 Second Reading reading-2
• 2009-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 15, 2009
• 2009-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 049-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2009-05-15 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 . . . . . . . . . 96-0243 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20ce154b-0454-4075-992b-cadda5199de9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).